Upgrading the 60 GB Hard Disk

Now that Apple is offering up to 200 GB hard disks in the MacBook, I wonder if I can upgrade my 60 GB MacBook drive. Previously I was told (Apple Store) that 60 GB was the largest hard drive I could use in my MacBook.

would you say that it is better to buy a 200 or 250GB HDD by my self und keep the original 120GB as a external instead of upgarde from 120 to 200GB for approx. 130 Euro if I buy the MacBook ??
I would buy the 250 GB because it is a 5400 RPM drive. The 200 GB Apple offers is 4200 RPM. I would not upgrade at apple. I would buy the stock MacBook and then later you can upgrade the drive and the RAM yourself.
These are very good instructions on How to Upgrade Your MacBook's Hard Drive. The apple instruction linked to by Kappy are good but they left out the Torx # 8 needed that Michael mentions.

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Thinking about upgrading my Powerbook G4 hard disk to 160GB

I am thinking about upgrading my powerbook G4 hard disk to 160GB, or even larger if possible...
I have checked the macsales.com website and found this seagate 160GB, is it a good choice? Can anyone suggest a better deal or a better choice...?
but I also notice one thing... it says that any powerbook model prior to 2003 might not support the any hard disk over 120G....
So I am wondering is my powerbook G4 15inch 1.25GHz SuperDrive model able to have a 160GB hard drive...?
Thanks a lot!!!!!

The 1.25Ghz Powerbook came out in fall 2003, so if what MacSales says is true, then it should work.

Stop the beeps with the 7200 rpm hard disks of the MacBook Pro

http://www.hardmac.com/news/2009/07/13/stop-the-beeps-with-the-7200-rpm-hard-dis ks-of-the-macbook-pro
Stop the beeps with the 7200 rpm hard disks of the MacBook Pro
from HardMac.com by [email protected] (Lionel)
At the beginning of week, we have spoken about the unpleasant beeps made by the 7200 rpm hard drive proposed as an option in the MacBook Pro 2009.
A solution has been found, the details are given by Rémy.
These tedious beeps occur when the disc is inactive and are caused by a system
to reposition the play-back head carried out in a repetitive way.
In addition to the beeps of the hard drive, Mac OS X displays the pretty multicoloured wheel during some seconds while waiting for hard drive to finish these loadings and unloadings of the play-back head.
The solution comes with a utility of the name hdapm (for Hard Disk Advanced Power Management) which makes it possible to change the level of energy management (APM) of the hard drive.
Hdapm can be downloaded from : http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm; hdapm being a command line utility, it is thus necessary to use the Terminal (which is in /Applications/Utilitaires).
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sudo ~/hdapm disk0 max
disk0 corresponds to the disc to regulate knowing that hdapm should function with any ATA disk supporting APM
max is the level of APM which is a number ranging between 1 and 254 included
the word following are preset and can used in the place a number for the level of APM
max (maximum performance) is the parameter to use to eliminate the “beeps”.
min (maximum economy of energy)
default (returns to the default setting)
The level of APM is a temporary adjustment in the firmware of the hard drive, this adjustment is lost when the disk is powered down and it is thus necessary to redo this at each for each start up.
To install hdapm so it is launched at each start-up, it is necessary to copy hdapm to the hard drive (/usr/local/bin is advised) and to copy the file hdapm.plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons.
It will be can be necessary to you to edit hdapm.plist with the desired parameters; the default settings are: the repertory where hdapm is /usr/local/bin, the hard drive is regulated on the first (disk0) and the level of APM is the maximum.
You can simply copy the file hdapm into /usr/local/bin file if you want to avoid modifying Plist.
Simplest way to reach these files is to use the Go/go to the file and to copy/paste this address before validating.

Yeah, I don't buy that. I spoke with Seagate a couple of months ago when I was looking for the impossible to find 500 GB 7200 RPM HD and asked them that very thing. They told me it would work fine, but I should disable SMS. Apple told me the same thing. I ultimately waited and got a non G-Force model, but Seagate told me it would work.
I also don't believe that they'd OEM the drive to Apple knowing it wouldn't work. That makes absolutely no sense. If Seagate knew the G-Force drive would not function properly in an Apple MacBook/MacBook Pro, and they OEM'd it to Apple for that purpose anyway, what does that say about Seagate?
I admit it's odd that the used the G-Force model given the presence of SMS, but apparently Seagate has prioritized the manufacturing of the G-Force drives and probably offered it to Apple.

How do I move music files from the startup disc to iTunes in the other internal hard disk os 10.5.8?

How do I move music files from the startup disc to iTunes in the other internal hard disk os 10.5.8?
The music I want to move was in iTunes but is now just files. I had to reinstall a new iTunes and lost all my old music.
Thank you!

That article is about using your iPod as an external hard drive, to move files from one computer to another computer. It is not related to your question.
You can't use iTunes to move song files from iPod to computer, except for songs you purchased from the iTunes Store (and you can also re-download purchases). However, there are third-party methods and utilities that can move song files from iPod to computer. If you do a Google search on something like "ipod transfer," you should get some links.
Once the song files are on your current computer, add them to that computer's iTunes library by dragging the files (or folder containing the files) to the iTunes window. After confirming everything is there (and fixing the data issue you mentioned) you can sync the iPod. You may want to do a Restore on the iPod, if it might have a data corruption issue, which will erase the iPod's hard drive, re-install the latest software, and set it to defautl settings.

About the amount of hard disk memory used during Testdrive installation

Dear all,
I have a question about installing SAP Netweaver Testdrive on Redhat Linux Enterprise 5.3. Currently I have a virtual machine (sun virtualbox) where Windows Vista is host and the guest operating system is RHLE 5.3 (32 bit). For doing several tests I would like to install the Testdrive on this linux system. Yet, the total available virtual hard disk memory is about 15 GB and I have already used more than 6GB.
Is there any way to specify the amount of hard disk memory used by Netweaver once it installs DB2 on the system? Because as it seems to me it takes more than 15 GB just for the database. But I'm not sure whether the whole space is really needed, particularly in my case where the aim of use is just for ABAP development and tests (for self-training).
Thanks in advance,
Kind Regards,
Dariyoosh
Edited by: dariyoosh on Dec 5, 2009 11:23 AM

Hi,
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The new LaCie Hard Disk,by Neil Poulton Fried my firewire on macbook

Does anyone has any suggestion for more reputable brand name fire wire external drives?
The new LaCie Hard Disk,by Neil Poulton Fried the fire wire port on the Logic Board on My Macbook the other day.
Just so you know I received the drive brand new. I already had an older Lacie external hard drive mounted on the Macbook, when I attached the ne *Lacie Hard Disk,by Neil Poulton*; It mounted for a brief second and caused the old Lacie external hard drive to unmount from the system.The *Lacie Hard Disk,by Neil Poulton* damaged my old Lacie drive too In the process.
It did not take long before the new drive got unmounted too. No matter what I do I could not get any of the external drive to work on the Macbook.
I called Lacie support. They claimed It was not anything major just zapp the ram, repair permission, and turn off computer unplug the power take out the battery start the computer over.
I had already done of that with no success. Lacies support still insist It was not their drive rather than the system.
My mac Is 1 1/2 year old. I don' t have the Applecare coverage. I took the Macbook to the store. They tested and they decided that the firewire was fried on the Logic Board and had to be replaced for $350 and normally should have charged me $800 for a Logic Board replacement.
Now I have to spend $350 extra for repair after buying a $150 dollar *Hard Disk,by Neil Poulton*.
Lacie told me that even after my ordeal they were not liable for any damages.
My loyalty to Lacie Is shattered. I lost confidence In Lacie and would never buy another Lacie external drive again.
From now on I will only buy from Western Digital, Seagate, and G-tecnology, Inc.
By being prudent It caused me more damage by buying another backup drive.
I believe that Lacie released this try without enough testing In the lab and used me as their guinea pig to test their product. As a paying customer It Is unfair for Lacie to use such practice.

This thread is not being very fair.
I just bought a 1TB LaCie drive for my MacBook, and it works great. They are a reputable and experienced vendor overall. I am sorry if your Mac got damaged, but posting such major allegations against LaCie when you don't really have any proof it is their fault could potentially have some consequences for you. Frying a Firewire port just by plugging in a compatible peripheral is almost unheard of.

Upgrading To A New Hard Disk Migrating Data

Like many old MacBook users right about now, we're all thinking about upgrading our 60 or 80 GB OEM hard drives. Well, I went and did it and I have a few questions after-the-fact, not to mention documenting my experience.
First I chose the Seagate Momentus 160GB 7200.2 (ST9160823ASG). This replaces the OEM Seagate Momentus 80GB 5400.2 (ST98823AS). The reason for this is simple ... the OEM drive worked flawlessly and I was willing to spend a little extra to ensure continued performance. I also chose to bundle it with a CMS USB 2.0 external enclosure data transfer kit to re-use my old drive.
My first surprise was that the CMS auto-transfer software was Windows only, despite the fact they make a Macintosh back-up product. The second surprise was that there was no Apple auto-transfer options. I literally spent an hour searching the Apple website and built-in help and tutorials to find a way to do this. Thanks to all on this discussion website as I ended up choosing a third party "clone" software to copy my old drive.
Which brings me to my first question. Every-time I tried to use Disk Utility to make a disk image of my old disk, I got the response that the disk image failed because resources were in use. Is that normal? Is there a way to make a back-up disk image using included Apple disk utilities? If not, then Apple NEEDS to spell it out, rather than a one line blurb in the disk install manual they publish that says basically: first back up your data. Thanks Apple, big help.
So I ended up using Carbon Copy Cloner, for a variety of reasons. A. it's $5 shareware and B. it specifically got better reviews than SuperDuper ($27). As far as I can tell, Carbon Copy Cloner did an exceptional job of perfectly backing up my old HD. BUT ...
Now here comes the next question ... the CMS enclosure seemed fine, but between CarbonCopyCloner and the USB 2.0 interface, it took over 9 hours to make a disk image of my old hard drive!!! Is THAT normal? Would a Firewire interface have sped this process up? Is SuperDuper faster? I must admit when I then used Disk Utility to restore the disk to the new drive, it took another 6 hours, so my guess is it wasn't the software's fault. Maybe it just takes a **** of a long time to move 80GB data. If the USB 2.0 interface is the bottleneck, then I highly recommend paying extra for a firewire enclosure. Would love to get a definitive answer here.
The process of installing the drive was simple. Thank you Apple (seriously). The new drive booted right up and the system is as zippy as ever ... but you knew it was coming:
The new 7200 rpm drive ran smoothly and absolutely silently in the external enclosure when I was backing up the old HD. Once installed, I immediately noticed a new vibration. Nothing huge, but it's there when now it wasn't on the OEM drive. The whole MacBook vibrates, stem to stern. The drive also seems hotter under my palm. Seeing all manor of these "VIBRATION" issues on other posts, I would suggest that anyone upgrading to a new drive, install the HD first to ***** the level of vibration before going to the lengthy duplicating process. It also seems to spin constantly, which the 5400 may well have done too but was otherwise unnoticeable.
My question here is, since these drives are virtually identical, does the 7200 rpm cause the added vibration & heat not present on the 5400, or could I have less-than-optimal drive which might be improved with a different drive? Also, the last time I had a high vibration drive on my PowerBook G3 it continued to get worse over the course of a year and Apple finally replaced it under Apple Care.
All-in-all it was a simple and relatively straightforward process once I found all the pieces, that is and Apple did not make it easy. I chewed up a lot of time I did not have looking for instructions. I've been using Macs since the original Macintosh in 1984. Ah I long for the days when I could just open a disk, insert another, select all and drag the contents to a new disk and voila! An exact copy of the original. Apple finally gets an A+ for RAM & Drive upgrade accessibility. But they get an F for making the data migration process as complicated as possible, particularly for something as important as our data. I'm sure their strategy is for everyone to take their computers to the Apple Store for upgrades and anyone else should already know how to do it. Well, I would suggest that most of us fall somewhere in the middle. We can put the new drive in and backup our data, but like making a good cake, we need the recipe.

Doug, I appreciate your input, however re-installing OSX is exactly what I DON'T want to do. Not only would it take an extended amount of time to update from 10.4.6 to 10.4.10 but importing files from the old hard disk comes nowhere near copying over every modification I've made to my system. The idea here, as I would think with anyone upgrading their hard drive with a perfectly working system, is to increase disk space and just keep right on going without missing a step. WIth all due respect your suggestion is absolutely the wrong advice in this situation. The last time I took such advice, I found myself missing many of the system helper applications allowing me to access hardware and software and all of it had to be reinstalled as I discovered things were no longer working as they should have. I DO NOT recommend re-installing OS X to anyone wishing to upgrade their drive, unless you are having problems with your system or just want to clean house. Apple should understand this. The bug thing on the install disk is just one of the many headaches involved in this process. My understanding was that I cannot make a disk image from the install disk was well as being unable to restore. However, if that's possible, then I could have done what I wanted without using a third party "shareware" solution. I will check it out and report back. Call me paranoid, but I would prefer to keep my data backup in the hands of those who formatted it originally, i.e. Apple. I would happily use a proven commercial utility, but for something as routine as upgrading my hard disk, I shouldn't have to pay to do it. Time was, if Apple had a bug in their startup utility disk, they would have corrected the error and sent a replacement to all registered users. Time was.

Installing Lenovo Windows 7 upgrade in a new hard disk

I have an U330 and I have received Lenovo Windows 7 upgrade disc. My pre-installed OS is Windows Vista.
I bought a new 500 Gb hard disk and I want to change my U330's hd for this new one AND also want to install Windows 7 in this new hard disk.
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Upgrade & Partition TC internal hard disk - info howto

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APconfig
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data (or whatever name is used.. which can be changed via the airport utility).
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See http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ3.html for the method.
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WD30EZRS These are Sata1
The ones you buy now are WD30EZRX which are sata2 drives.. Swapping them around caused no problems on the Gen 4.. did not try on the Gen2.
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I have previously installed new disks with no trouble.. but without the hidden partitions created I think it uses RAM for those files.. and it will toss up disk errors.
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Using disk utility change to 4 partitions.. (or whatever number you want.. 5 or 6 I guess are ok) There are two paritions for internal use.. I created APconfig and APswap .. set the size to .01GB or whatever.. you must type this in directly.. and it will change it to the min possible size partition.. 1.07GB on the 3TB.
This is a waste as the actual files used are tiny.. but.. you have lots of space.. you need to lose some to gain a lot more.. so be it.
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The TC still kicks up an error about the disk.. this is probably a nasty side effect of Disk Utility creating an EFI partition which is invisible..
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solved by posting elsewhere....
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7316301#7316301

Disk Warrior 3.0.3 upgrade possible on a hard disk copy?

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I have a Disk Warrior upgrade problem. My original CD (which is upgradeable) has scratches and will not read during the process (which, as you know, makes a disk image of the original disk, runs the updater on the disk image, then burns the disk image to a new CD). So the process stops.
What I'd like to do is upgrade the hard disk installed DW application.
I have checked the Alsoft Web site, but have not contacted their tech support, and googled and checked other Mac forums, with no mention of this -- except Alsoft saying that if you want your HD copy upgraded, do the new CD first and copy the upgraded DW to your HD.
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I would like to upgrade my MacBook with one of the newer 160 GB hard disks. It is a pity that Apple does not offer a 160GB hard disk as an option to the MacBook.
Has anyone upgraded to a 160 GB hard disk? Is it hard to do the upgrade? What brand of hard disk did you use?
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Please guide me to finish this....
Thanks in Advance.....

How to find the no. of hard-disk present in the computer by simple java prg

Hi All !!!
I want to find no. of hard-disk present in my computer by JAVA program.so if someone has already done this,plz tell me the Class and method by which i could do this.
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