How to install a bigger hard drive???

I've purchased a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid 500gb drive, I can't find a good set of instructions for making this change? Is there a logical way of transferring the data from the original HD to the new drive? Is this something I should have the genius bar handle for me???

The Seagate Momentus hybrid is 9.5mm tall and a SATA drive, so it should work in your Mac even if it is a pre-unibody 15". Since it is from 2007, it is a pre-unibody.
Look at both ifixit and powerbook medic for instructions. I don't know if Apple would install it for you, since they generally only want to install drives like the ones that originally shipped with the machine. However, if you decide you don't want to do it yourself, you could look for an AASP in your area, who could also do the cloning operation.
Is your old drive in good shape, or is it failing? If it is failing, you would be better off to install all the software fresh from discs and update it and then migrate your data. Here is a guide for doing that:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
You can find good enclosures at OWC. Check their clearance/garage sale page for specials. Be sure to get a SATA enclosure and not an EIDE one. Especially good are the Mercury on the Go Firewire enclosures. I have several of these and they're great!
I'm about to do the same next week with my 2007 machine, since the hard drive started going south a week after my Applecare expired.
Good luck!

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Can I install a bigger hard drive on my HP Laptop dv9230us

Yes and in fact it can accept 2 hard drives. Any 2.5 inch wide SATA laptop hard drive 9.5 mm thick will work and those are available up to 1.5 TB I believe. To add a second hard drive you need a caddy and connector piece sold here:
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=131
There is a link on the page above which will lead you to installation instructions.
If you can give us some idea of what you are looking to do, we can link you to specific places to buy drives at good prices.
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How to install a new hard drive in a G4?

I got instructions from the genius bar about buying and installing a new hard drive. I installed it in the front carrier.I must have not connected it correctly as it doesn't show up anywhere on my computer. The main thing I wasn't sure about was connecting the ribbon and power cord. I'm hoping I can avoid another trip to the Apple Store. Diane Cassidy

Hi Diane:
This is probably not the right forum to be asking such a question, but maybe this link will get you started. it may or may not help considering you didn't tell us which G4 you had, but go there until something better comes up!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75312
Otherwise, I would direct my questions here if I were you:
Forum: Expanding your Power Mac G4
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=586&start=0
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How to install Arch from hard drive?

Hello
I have an old laptop - Pentium II 266 MHz, 128Mb RAM and I want to install Arch on it.
The problem is that there is no way to boot from this laptop -> floppy is broken, CD drive is not bootable, no available boot options from BIOS to boot from PXE or USB.
So, I found this link useful (but not enough).
I have done everything as described on the upper link, but on the final step 7 I don't know how to proceed.
What I have got is:
Arch installation CD is in the CD drive.
After loading vmlinuz26 and archiso.img (which is RAM Disk or initrd) it shows this message: "waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/"
And another message: "ERROR: boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds" and after that it put me in the ramfs prompt.
I try this in ramfs prompt, but without success:
1. ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/archiso
2. exit (and try again)
What I want is to tell the installer that it must proceed with the installation files on my CD drive.
But how to do that?
If it is not possible, then how could I install Arch on this old laptop? Is there any other methods to try?
PS: There is Windows 2000 and Windows 98 installed on this laptop, but I want to install Arch on it. The whole hard drive is one partition.
Last edited by clovenhoof (2011-08-09 06:49:48)

Try either of the following:
* Add archisolabel=LABEL to the kernel line in menu.lst, where LABEL is the filesystem label of the partition where the ISO resides.
* Add archisodevice=/dev/sdaX to the kernel line in menu.lst, where sdaX should be replaced with the partition where the ISO resides.
[Edit]
Hmmm, sorry I think I was wrong. With the above, you need also extract the ISO, put the arch/ directory at the root of the partition.
Alternatively, you can put the ISO to the root of that partition, and add img_dev=/dev/sdaX and img_loop=foo-bar.iso. For details, see:
https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/tree/README
BUT even if it loads, I don't think you will be able to install Arch on the same partition since it's mounted readonly to /bootmnt, (unless, you explicitly add copytoram to the kernel line, in which case, everything is copied to RAM, but since the machine has got only 128MB of RAM, this is not gonna happen). So, you need to put the ISO (or the extracted squashfs images) to a different partition than your target installation partition...
There probably are other things I'm missing... Gotta say this sounds quite challenging.
[Edit2]
Bah! Try archisodevice=/dev/sr0 then!
Last edited by lolilolicon (2011-08-09 07:48:17)

How to Install New Internal Hard Drive on Mac Pro Laptop

My wifes 15 in Mid 2010 lap top running 10.8.4 has run out of drive space so we bought a new 1tb drive to install. We aren't sure where to go from here. The current contents are back up on Time Machine, but we also bought a small hard drive enclosure to take out the current hard drive and put it in the small enclosure.
So...do we install the new 1tb drive into the laptop and then try and start from the original hard drive that is now in an enclousure...then "Copy" or "Migrate" the material from the original hard drive to the new on? If so...how is that done?
Or do we try and "Copy" or "Migrate" the hard drive materials backed up on Time Machine? If so...how do we do that?
Thank you!

After formatting the new hdd, while still outside the mac, make a clone of your internal disk with CarbonCopyCloner on the new (still external) disk: CCC will ask you to install the Recovery Partition also, do that, and then the clone.
Then you eject the new drive, shutdown, and then you open the mac take the original disk out, and put the new one in.
On the OWC and other sites you will find instructions how to do the switch. Be very careful with the connectors inside .

HT1305 I saw a video on how to install a new hard drive on G5. Does anyone have an address for this video?

Is there a video that shows how to install a hard drive on a G5?

Also here...
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/powermac_g5_hd/

How to install a new hard drive without bootable disc/usb

Hi- my hard drive has totally failed and although I can get into disk utility it won't let me create images and keeps coming up with input/output errors when I try.
I don't have another mac to work from and have no discs whatsoever even for older OS versions
I've ordered a new hard drive(a seagate 750GB 7400rpm one) but how do I get mountain lion on the new hard drive without any discs? If I just put in my new hard drive will it come up with an option? I have a mid 2009 MBP if that helps

I have a mid 2009 MBP if that helps
Here is how it helps:
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Use this article to download this Utility to copy the Recovery_HD from your older, working Mac to a minimum 1GB USB thumb drive:
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How to install a new hard drive in hp 2000 laptop

My hard drive crashed and I need to install the OS in the new hard drive. The laptop came with windows 8 already installed. I can't recover anything from the old hard drive. There were no windows 8 back up disc or boot up disc with laptop. I purchased it new about 1.5 years.

You will need full Model number and Serial number to order Recovery Media. Both usually on a label under the battery.
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How to install on new hard drive

I have a macbook pro 13' mid 2012. I just replacedthe internal hard drive and don't know how to install the osx. I tried partitioning the hard drive to have a GUID map scheme but it got stuck on the connecting with disk step (dont remember what its called), about 50% in. I exited disk utility and then repeated this again but this time it got stuck on preparing to partition. I tried to remove the partitions and now its stuck on preparing to remove partition. What do I do? I cant install without formatting first.

Where did you get that disk drive?
It certainly doesn't sound like it is very good.
I would be checking to find out if you can exchange it for a replacement.
Allan

HT1178 how to install a usb hard drive though air port time capsule

I am looking to connect a usb hard drive to my time capsule airport. The primary purpose of this drive is to create a shared drive between the three computers in the house, not for time machine. Is there any specific steps or procedures I need to know to make this happen? thanks.

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How to install a second hard drive on my G5

want to add a 500 gig HD to my G5. Is this simple to do? where can I find a step by step guide? Thanks.

Easy peasy. Check this link:
http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/doityourself/storage.html
and download the PDF. the instructions are the same no matter the capacity of the drive. Instructions are also in your owner's manual.
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How to install a new hard drive

I can't find any instructions in my manual or by searching the forums. Is it easy enough to swap out a dead HD with a new one or do I need to leave this to the pros? It's certainly easy enough on my G4 tower but I know the iBook will be different.
thanks,
david

David:
The iBook is the most difficult Apple laptop in which to swap out a drive, but it can be done with a great deal of care, patience, concentration persistence and skill with simple tools. It will take 30 minutes to an hour to open and about the same to close. Unfortunately you do not tell us which iBook G4 you have. Go to iFixit Guides, locate your computer and click on it, select replace HDD in the sidebar for step by step directions. I will post some additional tips below.
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• Picking up on one user’s suggestion, I printed out the pages of each step in which screws were removed. I poked holes in the paper where the screws were removed, poked the screws in the holes and stacked the pages in order in which there were removed. Reassembling was a lot easier. No cups to tip over and spill. No guessing. Each screw was exactly in the right place. You can use an ice cube tray, egg carton, dixie cups etc. I previously used small medicine cups one for the screws in each step. I nested them so that the last ones out and the first to go back in are on top. (Some users report cutting up the screw guide and placing the applicable section in each container.)
• Be very careful pulling out leads. Hold the lead as close to the plug as possible and wiggle (the plug ) to loosen its grip. Don’t hold the wires and pull as that can damage the cable, or worse, in some instances pull the wires out of the plug. Indeed, some users have pulled the socket off the logic board! Use needle nose pliers or tweezers if you can access the plug, or nudge the plug with a small instrument to help loosen its grip.
• Use force gently in removing parts. Separating upper and lower case takes some doing. Use a plastic tool (spudge) so as not to leave marks.
• Refer to the screw guide when reassembling computer. Putting longer screws in the wrong place can perforate the circuit board, disable your optical HDD or worse.
cornelius
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Installing a second hard drive in my HDX16 - Manual says yes, but I don't see a slot

Hello,
My HDX16-1200 manual says I can support a second hard drive, however I opened up the computer and do not see a spot to mount the drive.
Does anyone know where the second disk gets installed?
Thanks.

I've been finding some great instructions on how to install a second hard drive in my PowerMac G5, but been unable to find some instructions on steps after that that assist my low tech-intelligence quotient. I'm planning on getting a Western Digital 750GB Caviar SE16.
Basically my questions are:
1) Once I've installed a second SATA internal hard drive, do I have to wipe the entire contents of my first hard drive and reformat the Mac completely? Or can I just format that second hard drive and have it work seamlessly with my current configuration?
2) I understand I can partition a second hard into more than one volume. I'd like to be able to use the second internal drive, but also have the increased reliability of RAID. Can I create a RAID array on that drive as well? How might I do this without screwing up?

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hi. i just bought a 400 GB hitachi desk star hard drive to install as a second drive in my G5. i slid it in the alloted slot and plugged in the corresponding cables. when i powered up my computer i went to disk utilities and it showed no new drives. anybody know what i'm doing wrong?
also, i couldn't find and screw holes or anything to secure the drive in the slot that's there for it. any way to keep the drive from wiggling all around in there?

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2) I understand I can partition a second hard into more than one volume. I'd like to be able to use the second internal drive, but also have the increased reliability of RAID. Can I create a RAID array on that drive as well? How might I do this without screwing up?

Installing a new hard drive on my Macbook

My Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook shipped with Tiger in 2007. When Leopard came out, some friends and I bought a family pack together, to reduce the cost of upgrading. I was not the original purchaser, so I do not have a copy of a Leopard install disc (just Tiger).
I'm looking to personally install a bigger hard drive. Is there a way of doing this without losing my copy of Leopard?

3rdgennanosucks wrote:
I didn't ask what Apple intends the Family Pack to be used for by its customers.
So you didn't read *About the Family Pack* on the sales page (same text as Snow Leopard): http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC574Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA&mco=MTc0Njk4OTE
Or the license you agreed to when you installed it? You really thought you and some of your friends were a "family"?
You purchased software under false pretenses, but seriously claim it was just ignorance?
If you weren't going to provide a helpful answer, why bother responding?
I did:
+"You will need an Install disc for the major version of OSX you're running, to do various things if you have problems.+
+Either buy a Leopard disc or upgrade to Snow Leopard ($29)."+

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