2 drive system Macbook pro
I have a defective internal optical drive in my mid 2010 macbook pro. 2 questions
1. I have already pulled the defective drive. is there a drive caddy that will allow me to place a second hard drive where the optical drive was?
2. Can I put a clean install of Mountain Lion on that drive, leave the original drive in its place, and turn it into a data drive?
There is this one from ifixit, http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/9-5-mm-SATA-Optical-Bay-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclos ure/IF107-080
This one from OWC, http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDAMBS0GB/
I am looking to do the same myself and use my existing hard drive in the optical bay as back up and slip in an SSD into the main drive slot for performance. I like the look of the Ifixit model, it looks sturdier and they are similar in price.
You can search on ebay and amazon as well, they may well have these products slightly cheaper.
I found these on ebay, http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_nkw=macbook%20pro%20hard%20drive%20caddy&_from=R4 0&_trksid=m194&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:IE:1150
but they seem a bit too cheap in price compared to the other two listed above, this always makes me a bit wary.
Message was edited by: Carl 1886-2006
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