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j03 · Jul 14, 2007, 06:41 PM

hey all,

bought a macbook about 3-4 months ago. Anyway, best piece of equipment ever.

One problem, I want to get a new internal harddrive. My problem, I've never installed mac hardware (have done pc hardware alot). I need to know if it differs alot to do by yourself and where I can go to purchase a harddrive?

Thanks

Joe

C.A.T.S. CEO · Jul 14, 2007, 07:15 PM

Just get a SATA 2.5" drive, Macs don't use special hardware when it comes to HDs. I recommend Western Digital HDs and Seagate.

mduell · Jul 14, 2007, 07:29 PM

Any of these drives will work in your MacBook, but I'd also recommend a Seagate.

frdmfghtr · Jul 16, 2007, 05:50 PM

Replacing the drive yourself will take about 10 minutes for the drive swap; restoring your data will take a bit longer, but it's not painful.

I backed up my home directory (docs, music, photos, etc.) to an external HD in an USB enclosure, did a fresh install, and copied all my files back over to the new drive. It was a pretty painless operation.