New Hard Disc

I am in the process of changing my stock hard drive in my computer, it came with the 320 GB. I am hesitating between a 750 GB 7200 RPM drive (which is out of stock currently) or a 1 TB 5400 rpm drive. I would like to hear from anyone who has experience with these 2 drives. Also i am sorry if i am posting this in the wrong forum.

Igor:
I need to understand exactly what you wish to accomplish to be able to make suggestions that will be appropriate to your situation. So, if you don't mind, please explain to me as clearly as you can your current situation and where you want to go.
In response to your specific points:
I have done everything you said in this install procedure.
The process I described was for formatting your HDD in the Mac OS Extended format. Installation is another process. If you need to install and need assistance with it, please let me know.
What about this Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper
Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are utilities that will make an exact copy (clone) of the contents of a Hard Disk Drive or Home Folder to another Hard Disk Drive. They are used essentially to backup a computer so that you have an exact copy of your computer to, for example, an external Firewire Hard Disk Drive. The clone can be made bootable, so that the copy on the external drive can be used to boot the computer, which can be useful in case of needing an emergency boot disk.
Setup/Migration Assistant.
When you install a new Hard Drive and you install a new OS you can use this procedure to move your information from the old HDD to the new one. If you click the link you will see how the procedure works.
And why again do I need to have an another comp with Firewire?
Firewire Target Disk Mode, as you will see if you click on the link, makes it possible to connect two macs together via Firewire and access the contents of one computer (the Target) on the other (the Host). This is useful for moving information from one computer to another.
Please let me know specifically what you need to accomplish and I will see if I can be of assistance.
Good luck.
cornelius

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Hi,
Your notebook is listed as coming with a 320Gb Hard Drive, but you can just as easily install a 500Gb or 750Gb HDD if you want more space - the drives on the following links are examples that would be fine for your notebook - you're in no way restricted to a particular manufacturer.
500Gb Hard Drive
750Gb Hard Drive.
The procedure to replace the Hard Drive starts on Page 65 of your Maintenance & Service Guide.
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I just had a new hard disc installed and now the LBP0000 canon printer does not work saying it can't connect to CCPD...connection refused! pls help!!?

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Hi! I'm not much help, but I seem to be the only one replying. I don't know Norton ghost 10. I use Macrium Reflect and I have always been able to restore my drive to just like the day I made the image. I have done it many times. Macriuum Reflect is my best friend. I just boot with the Linux based CD that you make on day one. I plug in my external USB. Macrium finds all my images and I just chose the date I want and in less than two hours I'm back up and running. I have never lost on bite of data and it has never let me down. I have no use for any thing Norton makes.
Dokie!!
PS The screen shot shows all three partitions of my HD. I can chose any one partition or all three if I'm restoring to a new drive. This is all I know. I can also mount any partition and see what is on it with Macrium.
PS Here is all the files that are on my recovery partition.
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.
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