Hard drive disk for macbook

Any recommendations for a new macbook hard disk? I must have broke mine because i could not see it on my utilities disk when i open it with the dvd installer.
I have a macbook intel duo
Mac os x snow leopard 10.6.3
Thank you!!

You also need a hard drive that's no more than 9.5mm high.
For a hard drive try Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives&Order=PRICE
Or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here are instructions on replacing the hard drive in a MacBook with a removable battery. http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088
If you don’t have the tools to open up the MacBook OWC has a set for $5
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TOOLKITMHD/

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If you want to shop for a bigger hard disk or more memory, I recommend you go here: OWC / MacSales
Their prices are about as good as you're going to find, but more importantly their Mac support is superior, especially if you are not completely confident in knowing exactly what you need to buy. Macs are particular about memory but if you buy from OWC they know what to supply and will guarantee it will work.
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The Time Capsule is not a portable external hard disk. If you want an external portable HD, shop for one at OWC.
I have heard mixed reviews on WD also, but the same mixed reviews apply to all consumer grade hard disks these days, without exception. Basically, they are all cheap. Consider them disposable, which means you should always have a backup. Time Machine is included with your MacBook Pro and is as easy to use as plugging in an external hard disk. Time Machine does the rest. Use it! There is no excuse not to.
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My hard drive died last Wednesday night. I went to apple genius (3 hours away) and they were great, but out of replacemnent hard drives. So I bought one at best buy and installed it. Best Buy was out of smaller hard drives, so I bought Seagate 2.5 notebook drive, 500 SATA, 7200 RPM. I had to hook it up to one of my other macbook pros to partition it and get it set up correctly, but then when I put it back in my 09 macbook pro, I got an error when I tried to load the OS from disk.
installing mac osx on the volume.
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Click Restart to restart your computer and try installing again.
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I was just wondering if anyone could give me their opinon as to what might be the best hard drive to update on for a Macbook Pro 13" early 2011 model. My budget is about $100, and i'm looking to increase the size of my current hard drive (which is a 320gb hard drive). I know that SSD are out of my budget range as anything even reasonably priced only gives me about 200+ gb of memory. I'm wondering if anyone has had any particular experience with the Seagate 1TB solid state hybrid drive (found here: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ). It boasts SSD-like speeds at a fraction of the cost, and its right around my budget, but perhaps its too good to be true? I saw the other thread about this hard drive question, but it didn't seem like anyone had any personal experience with it.
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rchu89 wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone has had any particular experience with the Seagate 1TB solid state hybrid drive (found here: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ). It boasts SSD-like speeds at a fraction of the cost, and its right around my budget, but perhaps its too good to be true?
I have two of those Seagate SSHDs, using one as the internal drive in my primary MBP. Boot and shutoff times are dramatically less than before (using 7200 rpm HGST HDDs). In other respects, I have no complaints regarding the drive performance. I can recommend them based on my limited experience (~3 months). The $99 price does look very attractive.
Note that when you install a HDD of larger capacity in a MBP, it should be reflected in your backup strategy. Do you have a backup drive to accommodate the additional data that you will be able to store on the new internal HDD?
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Recntly, my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009) stopped working. It would not even boot up. I took the MacBook Pro to the Apple Store where they ran some diagnostics and told me that my hard drive had failed. They said they could replace it for around $160 (labor and parts) or I could replace the drive myself and then have them install the operating system for free. This sounds like a much cheaper option.
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david-
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Helmet20 wrote:
If I bought a 1TB hard drive disk would it work in my computer
yes.
would apple install it for me? If not is there anywhere in manhattan thats an afiliate of apple that would do it?
they would not install a hard drive you purchased somewhere else, however I'm sure a computer repair shop in manhattan that would be willing to. If you are looking for an Apple affiliate, or an AASP, here: https://locate.apple.com/service/?pt=4&lat=40.7902778&lon=-73.95972219999999. Call them and ask if they would do it for you.

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[HERE'S|http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Ne=5000&Ntt=2.5harddrive&Ntk=Primary&Ns=P_Price%7c0&N=6892] a site that I like for finding HD's and memory.
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The hard drive on my MacBook died and I had it replaced. Now I can't locate my website files and every time I try to open my finder/idisk it looks for a name and password (even reset my apple id as prompted) I keep being told that it's the wrong name or password? Any suggestions out there

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My itunes library was on my PC. About two years ago I switched it to my Seagate server/hardrive. (itunes-preferences-advanced-change library). Last summer (2012) I bought a macbook, which seems to access the seagate server hard drive fine for word docs,

My itunes library was on my PC. About two years ago I switched it to my Seagate server/hardrive. (itunes-preferences-advanced-change library). Last summer (2012) I bought a macbook, which seems to access the seagate server hard drive fine for word docs, excel spreadsheets,etc. It also seems to have started its own library which is not complete. My PC died this summer (I still have it though).
Now when syncing any of the multiple devices (ipods,ipads, iphones) that we have with my mac book, itunes states that "an error occurred" or the "app cannot be found". Itunes wants me to erase the device and sync with my macbook. The message "The iPhone “Renee’s iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library on “Renee PC”. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library? An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library."appears.
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u can give try to using external enclosre and backup ur files. I hope u will get files back. or using external enclosre with ur hdd boot into Linux and try to mount ur harddisk.
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