02-25-2008, 07:52 PM

Well I have a 160GB HDD and am running out of room quickly. I want to upgrade to a 300GB 7200RPM drive. I was wondering about mainly one thing if I do the upgrade:
After I put the new one in and it's ready to go, to install Leopard back on the computer, do I just put in the Leopard disc that came with my laptop when I bought it or is there something else I have to do to get the OS back on there??
EDIT: One more thing, I use a Windows Partition for gaming and an external HDD won't work because it will slow the games down.

02-25-2008, 07:59 PM

1. Replace HDD
2. Turn on laptop hold down C on keybard and insert Original Restore DVD 1
3. Start Disk Utility from Menu bar and format/partition new HDD.
4. Install Leopard as per normal onto new HDD.

Hope that answers your questions.

02-25-2008, 09:24 PM

Oh snap, I forgot about the restoration DVDs...thanks

02-25-2008, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by wgilles

Oh snap, I forgot about the restoration DVDs...thanks

Oh should I assume then your laptop didnt come with Leopard preinstalled and your restore DVDs have Tiger only?

If you so you may be able to boot from your Leopard install DVD and format/partition the HDD but I am not sure as I have not tried that before. Maybe someone else can answer that question. Or you can try it and find out for all of us

02-25-2008, 09:43 PM

Just so you know, if your Macbook Pro still has a warranty, upgrading the drive will void your warranty. The hard drive is not a user replaceable part for the Macbook Pro, only the Macbook.

Also, where are you finding a 300GB 7200RPM drive? The largest 7200RPM drives I can find are 200GB. The largest 5400RPM drive is 320GB. I hope you know that you can only install one of the smaller 2.5" laptop drives into your Macbook Pro and not a normal 3.5" desktop hard drive.