MBP compatible drives?

setanta5

Hey,

I'm thinking of upgrading my MBP HD. Its a 2.33ghz 15" MBP with 160gig HD. I currently have a WD Mybook Pro with complete (Bootable) HD backup on there. So if i were to get a new HD couldn't i just swap it in and boot from my External HD and "restore" it to the new HD?

Second part of my question is what HD's would be compatible. I know MBP's can be had with 250gig but they are 4500rpm. I would ideally not like to go any slower than 5400rpm thats currently in there.

(440hz....now's your chance to respond!!!!:) )

Creamy Goodness

i put one of these in my macbook - http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=336007

must of got a dud, see my thread in the mac forum.

i then put on of these in - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-145-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=896
and worked a charm.

i assume these will work in a macbook pro. and both these drives are 5400rpm.

setanta5

Cheers Cremo,

in your thread you said you were going to keep your old one for your PS3. Is this the same size drive for a PS3? I have one and wouldn't mind doing just that.

Or my bro has an old Powerbook G4 with 80gig drive. COuld give it to him i suppose.

440Hz

setanta5 wrote:

(440hz....now's your chance to respond!!!!:) )

uhhmmmmm aahhhhhh uhhmmmmm

Did I mention I'm a software engineer??
Did I mention I'm only a girl hehe!!

Hard what now? I'm lost hehe

Sorry... uhm in all seriousness though, looks like someone else got there first again! I'll do better next time! hehe

Creamy Goodness

the ps3 uses 2.5" sata drives which are indeed the ones that fit into the macbook (pro).

what i'm going to do - once i RMA my samsung drive - is use the hitachi that was in the apple in the ps3 (when i get one), use the samsung 250gig as a external drive using an enclosure and the western digital is staying in my macbook.

and 440hz you're a girl :eek:, never would of guessed

440Hz

Cremo wrote:

and 440hz you're a girl :eek:, never would of guessed

lol!!

Course Im not a girl. This is the internet. There are no girls on the internet. Im only pretending.

setanta5

A girl who can use a computer and has a sense of sarcasm/humour. I'm really not comfortable with this.

By the way am i right about being able to restore my data to the new Drive? I used Super Duper to backup and made a bootable version of my current system folders and Data. Should it be possible to "restore" that backup to a new drive?

440Hz

setanta5 wrote:

A girl who can use a computer and has a sense of sarcasm/humour. I'm really not comfortable with this.

<evil laugh>HA</evil laugh>

Paulw

Now, can anyone actually confirm that 440Hz is really a girl? I mean, has anyone performed the Crocodile Dundee test??

babypink

Paulw wrote:

Now, can anyone actually confirm that 440Hz is really a girl? I mean, has anyone performed the Crocodile Dundee test??

i lolled so hard at this

440Hz

d-_-b

that is my *blocking my ears* face (with headphones of course).

/runs off back to my corner to sob now!

see.. only a girl would do that right??

babypink

440Hz wrote:

d-_-b

that is my *blocking my ears* face (with headphones of course).

/runs off back to my corner to sob now!

see.. only a girl would do that right??

....I jest of course!!!

Paulw

440Hz wrote:

see.. only a girl would do that right??

Would a boy-girl do it too??? Or someone who's confused. LOL

Ok, I better shutup now.

440Hz

If I threaten to beat ye all with a big stick will I sound more like a guy?

Which I am, of course. ahem.

Paulw

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me.

440Hz

lmao!! Oh dear! This place is gone to the dogs altogether.

it's great

We should be good though, before a mod comes and tells us to get back on topic.

Oh hang on... nevermind :rolleyes:

K.O.Kiki

Lesson: never reveal you are a girl on the internet, unless you are prepared for LULZ.

440Hz

Ah im all for lulz! Its nice to have a bit of craic, no need to be tech heads all the time afterall! As long as we all play nicely there is no bother