Replacing Hard Drive on Macbook experience

what if i dont have a external drive... to copy everything to ?

ok, now here is my question. I'm trying to replace my HD for my powerbook, but all I know is that it requires an ATA connection. Does that include Ultra ATA? If I were to go out and buy an Ultra ATA HD would it be compatible? =P

please disregard ... placed in the wrong thread ...

Hello everyone,

Recently purchased a blackbook and it is being shipped from the states now.
My question is: How badly would an upgrade from 5300 to 7200 harddisk speed affect the battery on the macbook?

It won't. At all. Not even a little tiny bitty bit. See this post:
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=492979#post492979