This is my first post here.
I currently have MBP, 15-inch Early 2011, 2.2 GHz, Core i7, 4GB RAM, OSX 10.8.3. The HDD is a 750GB Toshiba, under system profile it shows:
Physical Drive:
Media Name: TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF Media
Medium Type: Rotational
Protocol: SATA
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
Now getting to my query. My hard disk is really damaged/ corrupt by now, and yes I've tried every single measure such as fsck -fy, running disk utility from repair mode, verify and repair disk and disk permissions, but the disk seems beyond salvation. I AM using it now, but it's unreliable and I can never tell when it is going to give up on me.
Now can I replace my Hard disk with ANY generic HDD or SSD available in the market, or should I only get certain "branded" or "Apple approved" products? And what are the pros and cons of getting an SSD against an HDD? If I do get an SSD, how much space will the default OS and system files take up?
Thanks if you can get back to me on this
I currently have MBP, 15-inch Early 2011, 2.2 GHz, Core i7, 4GB RAM, OSX 10.8.3. The HDD is a 750GB Toshiba, under system profile it shows:
Physical Drive:
Media Name: TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF Media
Medium Type: Rotational
Protocol: SATA
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
Now getting to my query. My hard disk is really damaged/ corrupt by now, and yes I've tried every single measure such as fsck -fy, running disk utility from repair mode, verify and repair disk and disk permissions, but the disk seems beyond salvation. I AM using it now, but it's unreliable and I can never tell when it is going to give up on me.
Now can I replace my Hard disk with ANY generic HDD or SSD available in the market, or should I only get certain "branded" or "Apple approved" products? And what are the pros and cons of getting an SSD against an HDD? If I do get an SSD, how much space will the default OS and system files take up?
Thanks if you can get back to me on this