Upgrading Hard-drive Macbook Pro - wrong connectors

vidarski · vidarski #1 (**permalink**)

02-07-2010, 04:06 PM

I got a WD 1TB My Passport essential (portable) hard-drive yesterday and opened my MacBook Pro 17'' Unibody (new april 09) to exchange it with the internal drive (320gb Fujitsu).

I was maybe stupid by buying the external drive, but did A LOT of research to see if this could be done - and it seemed it could!! The size of the new drive is no problem at all - it fits snugly. The only problem is that the connectors are far from the same!!

I took pictures of both drives that I can include if it's wanted.

Can anyone help me find a "converter" so that I can use the new hard-drive as my internal drive??? Or send me in some direction that can help?

Reel1 · Reel1 #2 (**permalink**)

02-07-2010, 04:40 PM

You need a Sata drive not sure if you can find a converter, you may have to return your drive.

bobtomay · bobtomay #3 (**permalink**)

02-07-2010, 04:52 PM

There are still a whole bunch (as in most) of manufacturers using IDE (aka ATA) drives in their external enclosures. You will not be able to use these drives as a replacement for your internal SATA.

Practically every external enclosure you find that does not specify the type of drive it's using, will be using an IDE drive.

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vidarski #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 21	02-07-2010, 04:06 PM I got a WD 1TB My Passport essential (portable) hard-drive yesterday and opened my MacBook Pro 17'' Unibody (new april 09) to exchange it with the internal drive (320gb Fujitsu). I was maybe stupid by buying the external drive, but did A LOT of research to see if this could be done - and it seemed it could!! The size of the new drive is no problem at all - it fits snugly. The only problem is that the connectors are far from the same!! I took pictures of both drives that I can include if it's wanted. Can anyone help me find a "converter" so that I can use the new hard-drive as my internal drive??? Or send me in some direction that can help?
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Reel1 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2006 Location: Barrie, Ontario, Canada Posts: 606 Mac Specs: 2.16 GHz Intel Imac Core 2 Duo//MacBook 1.83 Core 2 Duo//G5 Power Mac	02-07-2010, 04:40 PM You need a Sata drive not sure if you can find a converter, you may have to return your drive.
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