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Who has Upgraded HD in MBP?

^ hello :p just got back from a dinner… totally waasted

houws the 500GB going guys? im still rocking my 80 GB on the Core Duos… dman Core 2 Duos coming out a month later :(.
 
richthomas said:
^ hello :p just got back from a dinner… totally waasted

houws the 500GB going guys? im still rocking my 80 GB on the Core Duos… dman Core 2 Duos coming out a month later :(.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA thats awsome id love to be wasted right now.. some fella is absolutely dominating me on another thread. :rolleyes: typical

the 500gb is comming good aye. the 5400rpm sammy is FASTER than my 7200rpm seagate... wow, technology these days..

you think you got it harsh!?!?! i bought mine 5 days before the core2duos came out!!!

have an awsome one lol. nearly time for me to sleep :( uni 2morro, 2 assignments due :eek:
 
jayhawk11 said:
The whole "gap above the super drive" problem is pretty well documented. Take your phillips 00 screwdriver that you have been using to pull apart your MBP, and put just an edge inside the Superdrive. Pull up against the lip at the opening GENTLY, while pushing down gently as well. Work your way from left to right doing this and you oughta hear a couple clicks as it re-seats itself. Worked like a charm for me, and many other people that had this problem. ;)
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AWWWW Dang... I tried gentle as long as I could, but that 1mm thick gap just wouldn't close (I've managed to get one clip in earlier, that made the gap significantly smaller, but there's still that 1mm left...). Then I tried a bit too hard, and boy, do those screwdrivers beat up Aluminium. So, basically, I put some ugly edges in my slot, but didn't manage to shut the gap.

Ppl should rather use something made of plastic for that one.
 
crusher said:
AWWWW Dang... I tried gentle as long as I could, but that 1mm thick gap just wouldn't close (I've managed to get one clip in earlier, that made the gap significantly smaller, but there's still that 1mm left...). Then I tried a bit too hard, and boy, do those screwdrivers beat up Aluminium. So, basically, I put some ugly edges in my slot, but didn't manage to shut the gap.

Ppl should rather use something made of plastic for that one.
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i have the same problem. i have been gently pushing down on it for a while now and i just heard 3 clicks.. im guesing thats a good thing hahahaha
 
Ryanhdd said:
So who has upgraded their hard drive in their MBP? I just ordered a 320g 7200 seagate to replace my 90g 7200 that has ran out of space. I have bootcamp running xp. The new drive comes with a case and I will use super duper to clone my osx side and well not sure about my xp side. Although i have been reading about winclone. Has anyone used winclone? I know super duper works flawlessly and am not sure about winclone. Thanks.
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I put the same Seagate 7200 320 drive in my MBP. I used Carbon Copy Cloner. Worked perfectly, easy peasy. I don't do any of that bootcamp Windowsy stuff.
 
Just successfully installed a 320GB 5400rpm Seagate. Pics of the laptop opened are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelslee/sets/72157602080708294/

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I just installed a WD 320 Scorpio black 7200rpm drive and I'm very unhappy. Let me start off by saying the difference is huge, compared to a core duo 80gb drive........it's light years ahead.

Faster loading of mac and windows, flies through folders.....amazing. However......this thing sounds like it came from 1995......it CLICKS LIKE MAD!

Imagine the iphone/ipod clicker sound and slightly muff it a bit. That's what it sounds like even watching an episode of the office right now......

I need to use this for class and I don't want to piss/annoy other people with the clicking, since it's already pissing the hell out of me. I have a Packard bell from 1995 and the Scorpio's drive sounds like that.....I can't believe how loud the clicking is!!!!!!!!

I'm not going to return it because I don't feel like doing another surgery.....
 
findnemo said:
I just installed a WD 320 Scorpio black 7200rpm drive and I'm very unhappy. Let me start off by saying the difference is huge, compared to a core duo 80gb drive........it's light years ahead.

Faster loading of mac and windows, flies through folders.....amazing. However......this thing sounds like it came from 1995......it CLICKS LIKE MAD!
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That's odd...I have this exact same one right now, in an external enclosure I got today and its running Carbon Copy Cloner and it is making NO CLICKING sounds. I guess YMMV...:p

Ran into this thread to get some ideas on how to backup my Windows partition...so yeah, working out for me. Thanks again!
 
Twice actually.

Now I have the Scorpio Black.

What I'd really like is one of these new Intel SSD's

But, I ain't B. Gates. (or Steve J, for that matter)
 
Recently put in the WD Scorpio Black, works great, less noise and it is really easy to change the drives (took me about 30 mins).

I used Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware) to clone the drive, worked fine for me.
 
Powermax said:
Recently put in the WD Scorpio Black, works great, less noise and it is really easy to change the drives (took me about 30 mins).

I used Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware) to clone the drive, worked fine for me.
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I just put a Scorpio Black 320GB in my MacBook Pro, and the thing is almost dead silent (aside from the typical quiet "fan-like" sound the drive makes). It's actually quieter than my old 7K200 Hitachi 200GB 7200rpm drive, and I very rarely hear it seek.

Whoever got the clicking drive needs to get it replaced...
 
After debating between the larger capacity of the Samsung 500 and the faster speed, lower power consumption, and lower price of the WD Scorpio Black 320, I finally went with the Scorpio. Because I have some experience working on electronic equipment, I decided to install it myself using the ifxit instructions. It was a bit scary, but the installation worked as advertised, and everything is fine. The drive is noticeably faster than the stock 200 MB drive. I have a few tips and a couple of questions:

The ifixit instructions call for a tool called a spudger, which is basically a small non-metallic spatula used for prying things without damaging them. After checking four local stores (including Radio Shack) where they'd never heard of such a thing, I came up with the wild idea of sanding down a popsicle stick. It worked like a charm.

As for keeping track of all the screws, I printed an extra copy of the instructions, and used Scotch tape to tape the screws to the pages at each step.

I'd previously purchased a WD Passport 320 and had been using it to clone my system drive with Carbon Copy Cloner, a process which took several hours. When I got the Scorpio, I popped the existing drive out of the Passport case, put the Scorpio in the case, cloned my system drive, took the Scorpio out of the case, installed it in my MPB, and put the original drive back in the Passport case. I found some instructions online that said you'll inevitably break off some tabs when you pry the Passport case apart, but I was extremely careful, and I didn't break anything. It did take a long time, though, to unseat all the tabs.

The next time I cloned my new Scorpio drive to the Passport, it took only 12 minutes, rather than several hours. I know the Scorpio is fast, but it can't be that fast. I assume CCC was doing a differential backup, rather than a full one. I didn't change any settings, but now I'm going from a 320 GB drive to another 320, rather than from a 200 to a 320. I wonder if differential backup isn't possible when the drive sizes are different.

This probably belongs on the "Windows on a Mac" forum, but when I first installed the Scorpio in the Passport case, I had to use Disk Utility to initialize it. I left Number of Partitions on the default setting (Current) and selected Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format. Yesterday, I tried to install Bootcamp, and I got an error saying that my system drive has to be a single partition formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) -- so maybe Current wasn't the same as 1? -- and that if I'd initialized the drive using Disk Utility, I need to run Restore. So I went to the Restore tab in Disk Utility, and it asked me to select the source (disk or disk image) from which I want to restore. Okay, so what does that mean, exactly? Do I need to reinstall Leopard from my installation CD, and then restore my data from my Time Machine backup drive (I have both a cloned backup drive and a Time Machine backup drive)? How do I make sure I get my system drive to a state in which I can install Bootcamp and then Windows?
 
I installed a WD Scorpio Black 320 in my new MBP. I made a Time Machine backup to be sure but first I tried a clone from the MBP original drive to the 320 on an external port using SuperDuper! -- that worked fine. The clone drive booted up and is running just as it should.

If you do use Time Machine you should start the Leopard install with the ext. drive hooked up and then when the install starts from CD it will ask you if you want to restore a Time Machine backup.
 
Ryanhdd said:
So who has upgraded their hard drive in their MBP? I just ordered a 320g 7200 seagate to replace my 90g 7200 that has ran out of space. I have bootcamp running xp. The new drive comes with a case and I will use super duper to clone my osx side and well not sure about my xp side. Although i have been reading about winclone. Has anyone used winclone? I know super duper works flawlessly and am not sure about winclone. Thanks.
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I bought a Western Digital 7200RPM 320GB HD, I love it!!! My MBP is stacked!!!
 
hitachi

replaced mine with the hitachi 320 7200rpm 16mb cache from new egg for $119. used time machine to back up and restore. went like clockwork! great drive.
 
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