Upgrading the Hard Drive on the MacBook Pro

Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:36AM EDT

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I love my MacBook Pro, but it's time to upgrade the hard drive. Mine currently has 80GB, but once partitioned, that got divided between two operating systems. It becomes a major issue when I'm editing video on Final Cut Pro, and I run out of space so I can't save all my projects. I've been thinking of upgrading my Macbook Pro for some time, but doing it myself voids the warranty.

The guys over at Extreme Tech were a lot braver than me, and proceeded to upgrade the hard drive in their MacBook Pro, putting together a step-by-step guide along the way. The guide has really good instructions along with pictures in case you want to take the plunge. They upgraded their drive to a Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB, which is making me really jealous right about now. You'll need to make a backup of your data first, and two small jewelry-sized screwdrivers (a Phillips and T-6) since there is a lot of unscrewing.

Keep in mind, that if you decide to do this yourself, you should read the instructions thoroughly before getting started. This is not for the faint at heart, so if you don't feel comfortable about opening the notebook, I'd advise you to leave the upgrading to professionals. I thought it was a good tutorial to share with techie types wondering what all is involved. Hope you enjoy it.

Has anyone already done this? Tell me about the experience. I'm still debating about it here.

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  • 1 Posted by georgeppc on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:07PM EDT Report Abuse

    Same issue here. 80 gig MBP and thinking about switching to a larger drive.

  • 2 Posted by marius.badenhorst@btinternet.com on Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:13AM EDT Report Abuse

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  • 3 Posted by cmeskii on Thu Jul 9, 2009 1:05AM EDT Report Abuse

    Do you have a SATA drive at present? If so, you can upgrade to a 320 Gig drive, I didm

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