Upgrading HDD

I just purchased the 640gb Wester Digital internal HDD to install in my MBP despite the conflicting reports on this drive. My question is more related to copying the info from my current drive to the new one. I use bootcamp for Windows 7 and use winclone to back it up from time to time and plan on using my current Time Machine backup for SL when I install my new drive. My question comes in to how to go about reinstalling my Windows partition and putting my copy of W7 from winclone back onto the new drive? Also what is the general consensus of this drive on the late 2009 MBP's does anyone have any advice or settings changes to make after installing this drive??
Thanks

When I've done this I just ran boot camp to create the new partition on the new hard drive but then quit once it was the partition was created. Then just used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy it back but to partition but I guess you could use Winclone the same.
I've used several different drives including WD Scorpio Blues and Blacks and the only thing you ever notice is slight changes in battery usage and vibration but never too bad that the extra space or speed wasn't worth it.

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Just received MacBook Pro 13" 2.26, along with larger HDD/RAM from 3rd party online retailer.
Question - Do I just upgrade HDD/RAM even before I start MBP for the first time? OR do I start MBP first do the registration, etc. THEN replace HDD/RAM afterwards?? Does it matter?
Also, using RESTORE disc on blank HDD will install EVERYTHING to factory default setting (apps, etc)??

I know it takes time but I would continue with the install just to make sure the stock HD is ok.
Yes, once you install your 3rd party HD you can use your install Disk. When you install your new hard drive you need to put in the install Disk and format your new HD before loading the install.
Here are the steps I use:
1. Put in your install Disk (make sure it's the INSTALL DISK #1)
2. Remove old HD and install new HD.
3. Restart Computer and hold down the Option, Command, P, R keys all at the same time (this is known as resetting PRAM) until I hear 3 bong sounds...then release all keys. I would recommend if you haven't done this yet to practice.
4. After I release the keys I turn OFF the computer by holding the down on the power button until the power goes off.
5 Press the power button and before the first bong press and HOLD the C key until I see the spinning spoke wheel...then release the C key.
6 Once booted to the install Disk #1 go to disk utilities and format the new HD drive using the GUID partition table.
7. Start the install.
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Upgrade HDD - Satellite Pro 4270

Is it possible to upgrade HDD more than 6 GB? Thanks

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Unfortunately there is no public document about HDD upgrade but i presume that 10 or even 12 GB HDD should work well.

How thick is the 1tb upgraded hdd in the non-retina 15" MacBook Pro?

Hi there.
Just wondering if the 1tb upgraded hdd in the non-retina 15" MacBook Pro is 9.5mm or 12.5mm thick?
I'm hoping to move this drive into the optical bay and use a 12.5mm drive that I already own in the main HDD bay.
I realise it's an expensive upgrade and I could buy a separate 9.5mm drive for less than half the price but I'd rather make use of a supplied 1tb drive than get rid of a 500gb drive that I'd have no use for.
Appreciate your thoughts.
Many thanks in advance.

Hey knigar,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
When troubleshooting issues with external displays, I find the following article provides the most relevant information:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573
Thanks,
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Upgrade HDD and Memory

Hello
I recently bought an mac air 2012 and want to upgrade the internal memory HDD and simms ( from 4 to 8 gigs) is it possible and also worth it.

If you already bought it, then the RAM can't be upgraded. It can only be configured at time of purchase. The Memory is integral with the motherboard, and there are no expansion slots.
Aftermarket SSD's are available, but it is something you may want to wait upon until after the warranty expires.
Your alternatives? Sell your underconfigured device, and buy one that is configured the way you want it.

Upgrade HDD using Time Machine, but no Snow Leopard DVD, only Leopard installation DVD = kernel error on startup

Hi guys and girls.
Background
I have a MacBook Pro (March 2009 vintage). It was loaded with OS X Leopard on a 250GB HDD. When Snow Leopard was released, I upgraded using a DVD bought from Apple. In time, I added an external USB HDD to use for Time Machine Backups. I am now, however, knocking up against the capacity limit of the original hard drive.
Given the above, plus the fact that I no longer appear to have the Snow Leopard DVD (upgrade version I believe) - what is the recommended way to get back to my old setup (files, OS, settings etc), but with my new, larger HDD?
So far I have tried:
1. Formatting new HDD as Mac OS Extended (journaled), GUID partition having booted using my original (Leopard) installation DVD. I then selected the latest Time Machine (Snow Leopard) backup. After a couple of hours of restoring from that backup, the system restarted, but had kernel errors on bootup.
2. As above, but when formatting, chose to zero all data. This had the same end result.
Questions:
1. Are the kernel errors I'm experiencing due to the mismatch of booting off Leopard and restoring a Snow Leopard backup?
2. Would finding my (or even a) Snow Leopard upgrade DVD help? If so, how?
3. What am I doing wrong generally? I do like to try to understand these things!
4. As above, what is the recommended way of doing what I'm trying to do, given the limitations of release DVDs etc.
Many thanks

Simplest thing would be to buy the retail SL installation disc ($20 USD) and use it to do the migration. There might be an issue trying to use a SL TM version with Leopard.

ITunes can't find existing files after upgrading HDD

What the subject says - I have a 2008 Mac Pro & iTunes 10.6.3. I just upgraded the HDD where iTunes lives, by copying the entire drive to the new one, then installing the new one in the same bay as the old one. Whenever I open iTunes, a few of my +/- 6K tracks show the (?). This happens to different tracks each time I open iTunes.
It's a pita to re-locate these every time I access iTunes. Is there any way to correct this problem without trashing all my playlists, album art, ratings, etc?
Pls help! It's taken a long time to build this library and I'd rather not have to start all over. I still need to edit then add about 40 LP vinyl albums to the library, and I don't want to continue adding them until this problem is solved.

Sorry. Found the answer myself. DUH! I needed to tell iTunes preferences that the iTunes folder was on the NEW HDD rather than the old one.

Just upgraded HDD on Mac Mini 2007

Just a quick post for anyone considering upgrading their mini HDD. Due to lack of info, I knew I needed a 2.5" SATA so in the end, I went for a 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue 5200 2.5" SATA drive and it went in fine and is working a treat.

Just a quick post for anyone considering upgrading their mini HDD. Due to lack of info, I knew I needed a 2.5" SATA so in the end, I went for a 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue 5200 2.5" SATA drive and it went in fine and is working a treat.

Should I get stock 20" 2Ghz with 2 year or upgrade HDD+Wireless mouse+1 yea

Ok In the UK John Lewis sell the iMac with a 2 year warranty as standard. However it has to be a stock one.
Looking on the Apple UK store I see the upgrade from 250Gb HDD to 320 HDD is £29 and the Wireless mouse £12, so I was going to go for that, but will only get a 1 year warranty off Apple direct.
What do you think is the best option? The wireless mouse seperate to buy is £50!!! alone
Cheers

These are simply my opinions but:
All Apple mice are worse than useless. I actually paid the £12 extra for the wireless one. I lasted about 20 minutes and it went back in the box. I'd rather have a functional mouse. So I'm sticking with my nice Microsoft mice which are actually comfortable to hold and the five buttons are great for Exposé, Dashboard etc.
250GB is pretty small nowadays. With the amount of digital content most of us have now you'll run out pretty quickly.
cheers
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Upgrade HDD to SSD (Do i need to re-install?)

I just bought an SSD (Samsung 470 series is the one thats best with MBP right?) and i want to replace it with the stock HDD that came with my 2011 MBP 13".
What if i upgrade RAM from 4GB to 8GB and transfer from HDD to SSD by carbon copy cloner. Do i need to re-install Lion then?
Is TRIM automatically enabled if i transfer from HDD to SSD?

Upgrading the RAM is fine by itself. Just know you only have two slots, and thus need matching pairs of 4GB modules to increase the RAM from 4GB to 8GB. If you have $900, OtherWorld Computing has 16GB of RAM (two 8GB modules) for sale. (no compensation)
Use the online Crucial checker and MacTracker to make sure your getting the correct specs of the RAM (and the amount of modules) before purchasing.
What you need to do is use the free to use (donations accepted) Carbon Copy Cloner on the HDD while it's still in the machine, clone to a external powered drive and hold option to boot from it, test it out that it works.
Then make the HDD to SSD switch and option boot from the clone again, format the SSD HFS+ Journaled and use CCC to clone it onto the SSD.
OtherWorld Computing and iFixit has videos, pictures, instructions and tools needed.
When you clone, it clones the OS X partition only, not both your OS X partition and the Lion Recovery Partition, which in your case is unnecessary to have if you have a "hold option" bootable clone. (should keep two at times)
If you need to download Lion installer again, simply use MacAppStore and hold option and click on Purchases, either in Lion or Snow Leopard and then make a couple of " hold c" bootable DVD's from these instructions.
http://www.eggfreckles.net/notes/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/
These DVD's made from these instructions contain the full OS X Lion, not a Recovery Lion disk or the Lion Recovery Partition which Apple provides a download for and requires a lengthily Internet connection to download Lion before it's installed.
Far as setting the TRIM, I don't know about that. Hopefully someone else will answer.
If not ask Dave (Bmer) over here:
http://macosg.com/
He replaced his hard drive with a OCZ Vertex, the fastest SSD's on the planet and also his Superdrive with a 7,200 RPM 750GB drive for storage (note: you can't boot from a Lion/Snow/Windows DVD from a external optical drive) so he would know best what to do.
Also OCZ just came out with a 480 gb or so very fast SSD, the Vertex 3 series, just as fast as the smaller SSD's but with more storage capacity, so that would be worth checking into. (smaller SSD's are faster, larger older ones are just a bit faster than a regular hard drive)
Also check out your Mac model's SATA number using the fre MacTracker and System Profiler, this way you can by the right SSD for the price and know your bus speed limitation accessing the SSD.
Good luck.

How to upgrade hdd to sad for Lenovo y460 ?

Hi I am thinking of upgrading my hdd to ssd, but how do I reinstall my win7 into the new sad as my laptop didn't come with the disc but some one key recovery.
Can I buy any ssd 250gb in the market or some trim enabled ones?
Super thanks

Bitmee wrote:
Hi I am thinking of upgrading my hdd to ssd, but how do I reinstall my win7 into the new sad as my laptop didn't come with the disc but some one key recovery.
Can I buy any ssd 250gb in the market or some trim enabled ones?
Super thanks If you don't mind losing OneKey feature you can just buy an ssd similar to this which I think includes a cloning software which you will use to transfer your OS to the ssd. In general all ssd nowadays already have trim integrated and enabled.

Upgrade HDD on Server Ml 350

Dear Sir / Madam,
Morning, Well i recently upgraded the ML 350 Server Part # 380196-421 with the following HDD 300 GB SCSI Ultra 320 - 10 K , part # 350964-B22 ,
But its seems the server does not boot, where as if i remove it boots again,
Could plz let me know why ? how is the way forward ?
Kindly assist me, Thanks
Regards,
Justin Thomas

Dear Sir / Madam,
Morning, Well i recently upgraded the ML 350 Server Part # 380196-421 with the following HDD 300 GB SCSI Ultra 320 - 10 K , part # 350964-B22 ,
But its seems the server does not boot, where as if i remove it boots again,
Could plz let me know why ? how is the way forward ?
Kindly assist me, Thanks
Regards,
Justin Thomas

MBP 13" Screen Flickers and Freezes After Upgrading HDD

Hi There,
I have seen on here and a few other forums that people are having issues with graphics cards or overheating that is making the MBP screen flicker and freeze.
Mine has been fine until yesterday when I installed a new Seagte 1tb HDD. It works ok, but every now and then the screen starts to flicker, half of it goes black and the system freezes. Sometimes it's just for a few minutes, but sometimes I need to do a hard reset by holden the power button down for 5 seconds.
Here are the details:
MBP 5,5 13" (2008 I think - Can't remember)
Boot ROM Version:
MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system):
1.47f2
Version 10.6.8
2.26Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
8gb 1067 Mhz DDR3 (Just upgraded, but before the hard drive and no issues)
1TB Seagate Momentus SATA HDD
As mentioned, I upgraded the RAM a week or so ago and it has been running fine. I put the new hard drive in last night and after a few hours, the flickering started.
I cloned the hard drive using SuperDuper and it all started up fine.
So far, I have verified and repaired permissions, checked SMART status and run a SMART Utility diagnostic. All comes back ok.
I cleared the PRAM and installed smcfan control as another forum with similar issues said it was a overheating problem and running the fan control program should fix it. I did that at 8am this morning and it has run great all day. Come 5.30pm, the flickering started and then it froze.. GREAT!!!!
It's so frustrating, I was really looking forward to having my MBP upgraded and running fast again.
Any ideas or tips would be very welcome.
Thanks in advance.

set old HD. If problem will gone - you have weakened power supply or internal power converters. Yours new HD draw more power during spinup or something - so voltage on internal bus lowers and memory or videocard freaks.
5.30 PM looks like a time when there begins a lot of load on city energy grid - so voltage in wall socket goes a bit unstable, it may also add to problem.
if problem is gone when you are on battery power - its power supply. If it persists or get worse when on battery - its internal power convertors.

Upgrade HDD speed in Thinkpad T530?

Hi all. I just ordered a Thinkpad T530 with the 1TB, 5400rpm hard drive. I'm now having second thoughts about that drive and wondering if I should upgrade it myself to a 7200rpm drive (it's too late to change my order).
I will be using this computer for Adobe CS6 programs such as Photoshop, InDesign, and After Effects. I will also probably be running Linux in VirtualBox. Will the 5400rpm hard drive make these programs run noticeably slower than a 7200rpm HDD? I also have an i7 processor and 8GB of DDR3 RAM.
If you think it's worth it to buy a 7200rpm drive (probably a smaller size), where do you suggest I buy it? I'm not sure how to tell if a hard drive sold online will be compatible with my T530. And can I get a Windows disk from Lenovo to install Windows on the new hard drive without having to purchase a whole new copy of Windows?
Thanks!
Gentoo Linux/Windows 7 Home Premium on Lenovo Thinkpad T530

'afternoon...
welcome to the community.
first, i recommend that once you receive the machine, use the "Create Recovery Media" function found by searching for same from the Start Orb (or in the Control Panel, i think). i like creating on DVDs. second, contact Service and request that they send you a factory recovery DVD set. functionally, both sets will do the same thing, namely, restore your machine to a factory-delivered state.
once you have these in hand, you can consider how you want to configure/reconfigure the storage systems. personally, i would look into getting a mSATA SSD for OS/swap/temp/apps and using either recovery set to image it, and then repurposing the terabyte drive as data/documents/video/photo/etc.
cheers.
edit: clarification and correction.
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Upgrading HDD on new MBP 15" and transfering all Data and settings from 2011 model to 2012 one

Hi all,
I have just purchased a new 2012 MBP 15" (Non-retina) machine as well as a hybrid 750GB drive from Seagate and 16GB RAM upgrade from Crucial. Both machines are running the latest versions of Lion. What I would like to do is the following:
Upgrade the HDD & RAM in the new 2012 MBP - I think it is the same procedure as the 2011 model (which I have already done using Carbon Copy Cloner)
Transfer all the data, settings, programmes files, docs etc to the new 2012 MBP and new drive
Q1. Would I have to clone the current HDD in the 2012 MBP with the new hybrid one first and then install into the machine before transferring the data from the 2011 machine?
Q2. Or - Could I just clone the current HDD in the 2011 model using CCC to the new Hybrid HDD and then instal it into the new 2012 MBP?
Whats the best and safest way to achieve this please? Any advice very welcome!
Many Thanks

So, everything went fairly well. It started out looking like it was going to take 2.5 hours, but it ended up taking about 5-6 (I think - I went to sleep).
A couple of observations - at first I didn't see where it restored everything, but I later saw that when I logged out that it had created my user account as a separate login.
Some things didn't transfer - most everything did, but there were a few things with my Parallels VM that did not. I have to get to the bottom of that. It did make me re-register once I launched it.
On the hardware specifically:
1. I am not yet noticing the performance bump that I thought I would going to the i5 processor - seemed snappy when I first had it on with OS only - but so far not noticeably faster than my Core 2 Duo 2.4.
2. battery - way too early to tell, but I am hoping the battery needs time to condition itself and figure out who it is (battery life was my #1 reason for buying this) - right now I am on battery power and have 79% remaining or 2hrs. 2 hours??!! This is supposed to be a 8-9 hour battery. Hoping time works this out. Brightness if only up about 20%, on wifi, keybaord backlighting fairly dim. Nothing coming over from my old machine would have affected this, would it have? (I do know that when the machine was empty with just the OS on it, it was reading about 8 hrs remaining). So much for living on the edge and going to the office without my power adapter today.
3. Heat - my 13" was not hot on the bottom - this one is - on the back left part of the unit. Reminding me of my Powerbook G4. Not very lap comfortable. ??
Any thoughts?

Qosmio X775-3DV78 upgrades (HDD and RAM)

I am looking to upgrade my laptop, is it possible to add more RAM to this? I see that the max is 8 gigs, anyway to upgrade it to use 2 - 8 gig sticks? Also, I am looking to replace the HDD with a faster SSD, any guides out there on how to do this? Thanks for the help!

Solved: Since this board is so lively and bustling with activity for anyone else with the same quesion, I've upgrade to 16GB ram and a SSD HD. Go to crucial.com and check your sytem for available compatible upgrades.

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