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Upgraded macbook hard drive - slower boot up

  • 19-06-2008 9:41am
    #1
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,478 ✭✭✭


    I recently upgraded my 80gb macbook hard drive to a 320gigger. I used the disk utility booted from cd to create and then restore the hard drive image and everything worked fine but i've noticed that when i boot up now it seems to stay on a white screen for around 15/20 seconds before i get to the chime and the apple logo where i used to get that straight away before i upgraded.

    It's probably not that big a deal but one of the things i loved about the macbook was how quick the boot up was before the hard drive upgrade. It seems like the machine i checking something on the hard drive before booting.

    Any ideas? Thanks.


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  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    I'm not sure about the 80GB drive in your MacBook originally but if it was a 7200RPM (maybe it was, but most likely a 5200RPM) you would notice a difference because there is no 320GB 2.5" drive that spins at 7200RPM (yet) and I think not even 5200RPM... most are stuck at 4200RPM still at that capacity which would be a noticeable drop in access speed.


  • #3
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    Definitely to do with the hard drive size.

    Takes a good big longer for a 320GB drive to load compared to an 80GB, especially on a hard drive where the drives spin at a slower speed.


  • #4
    lee_baby_simms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,478 ✭✭✭lee_baby_simms


    Ah ok thanks. I suppose its a worthy trade off for the extra disc space considering i keep it in sleep most of the time.


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