Do I have to change my hard drive cable all the time on my MBP 2010

My MBP 2010 not reading my new HD, This is because of a faulty HD ribbon cable, my ? is will I have to always change this cable all the time, I have read read other post on this issue.

No it was not damaged that i know it was working fine until I had the HD failure. I first bought a WD HD Scorpio and that HD was damaged then i went to Bestbuy and bought a Seagate momentus 350gb Hd, it works fine externally, but when I get it connected internally my MBP does not read it.From reading these post I see that the cable tends to go bad, I am just hoping that I only have replace it one time I use MBP for college.

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