Hi there,
I want to upgrade the Hard Disk on my White Macbook, bought in September 2008. I have read up about the process, including cloning my existing hard drive via Superduper to the new drive in a caddy and reinstalling.
My main concern is purchasing a 500 GB disk + caddy that are 100% compatible with my Macbook. This is all new to me, and I was reading about how the speed of different hard disks can vary. I assume that I'd be best off with one that is the same speed as the existing one I have, just with the extra capacity. A friend has suggested certain eBay stores, one for disk and one for the caddy. What I would like help with here would be to be guidance on me buying what is definitely the right thing. How do I know what the closest match is?
Apologise if this is in the wrong sub-forum. I can provide more info if required. Any assistance is much appreciated.
I want to upgrade the Hard Disk on my White Macbook, bought in September 2008. I have read up about the process, including cloning my existing hard drive via Superduper to the new drive in a caddy and reinstalling.
My main concern is purchasing a 500 GB disk + caddy that are 100% compatible with my Macbook. This is all new to me, and I was reading about how the speed of different hard disks can vary. I assume that I'd be best off with one that is the same speed as the existing one I have, just with the extra capacity. A friend has suggested certain eBay stores, one for disk and one for the caddy. What I would like help with here would be to be guidance on me buying what is definitely the right thing. How do I know what the closest match is?
Apologise if this is in the wrong sub-forum. I can provide more info if required. Any assistance is much appreciated.
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.31f1
Serial Number (system): W8814QFE0P1
Hardware UUID: E2A1D49D-C4FF-5827-8BA8-F7EE50814412
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Intel ICH8-M AHCI:
Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH8-M AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
FUJITSU MHY2160BH:
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Model: FUJITSU MHY2160BH
Revision: 0081000D
Serial Number: K43AT832GY71
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 148.73 GB
Available: 6.38 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /