Installing HD in T60 w/o caddy

Hi,
I have a T60 and I need to install a new hard drive. I do not have the HD caddy anymore and I was wondering if I can still properly seat the HD without it. Also, I have a SATA hard drive replacement - will this work with my T60?
Thanks,
Peter

Welcome to the forum!
SATA is the correct drive type, but no hard drive should ever be installed in a ThinkPad without a caddy for a variety of reasons. Spend a few bucks on eBay and do it properly...
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It would be helpfull if you could post which OS you have installed as the necessary drivers may differ from OS to OS.
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Let's take this step by step. Your first problem as you say is "How do I go about doing any of this if won't even turn on?"
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Yes the Acronis software is Windows but I read through a lot of reviews on the Kingston SSD SATA 3 drives Amazon and from what I can gather, after removing the original drives and installing that in the 2.5" caddy and then installing the new SD drive in the Macbook, those buyers then used the software to boot from and clone the source drive to the new drive.
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Remove DVD Drive on DX730

Need instructions for removing DVD drive on LX730 All In One. Does not seem to have small screw like laptops have. Need to remove to install HDD in optical bay using caddy from NEWMODEUS. Already did so on Qosmio X505. Also, would like to know where to get SERVICE manual for DX730 (not user manual).

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Get whatever you want honestly. Almost any of them should work well.
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Update...
Regarding question 1
I managed to reinstall the OS X Installer on Drive-B and tested it - it worked fine and restored my Recovery HD drive.
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I now have a Recovery HD drive on both drives, confirmed by using Terminal to check using "diskutil list" (lists all connected drives)
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