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How traumatic is it to replace the HDD on a MacBook
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<blockquote data-quote="chssvl" data-source="post: 871888" data-attributes="member: 53329"><p>Hi. I have a Macbook White (the latest generation with the intel graphics card) with a 120GB HDD. I was thinking about replacing it with a 320GB HDD (I was thinking specifically about this one <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136280" target="_blank">Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive - Laptop Hard Drives</a> ). Nonetheless, I wanted to know how traumatic can the replacement be. I understand that replacing the hardware itself isn't very difficult, but will I have to install all the software, restore all my settings and copy all the files all over again? Or is it possible to do a full HDD restoration from DVDs or an external drive? I could also use my desktop (a windows based PC with SATA capabilities) if it helps.</p><p></p><p>Just in case, I use bootcamp but I don't mind it so much if I have to do it all over again with that partition, although I'd rather avoid it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p></p><p>PS: I'm assuming that since this laptop was offered with HDD choices of up to 320GB, this is the maximum capacity it supports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chssvl, post: 871888, member: 53329"] Hi. I have a Macbook White (the latest generation with the intel graphics card) with a 120GB HDD. I was thinking about replacing it with a 320GB HDD (I was thinking specifically about this one [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136280]Newegg.com - Western Digital Scorpio Black WD3200BEKT 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive - Laptop Hard Drives[/url] ). Nonetheless, I wanted to know how traumatic can the replacement be. I understand that replacing the hardware itself isn't very difficult, but will I have to install all the software, restore all my settings and copy all the files all over again? Or is it possible to do a full HDD restoration from DVDs or an external drive? I could also use my desktop (a windows based PC with SATA capabilities) if it helps. Just in case, I use bootcamp but I don't mind it so much if I have to do it all over again with that partition, although I'd rather avoid it. Thanks! PS: I'm assuming that since this laptop was offered with HDD choices of up to 320GB, this is the maximum capacity it supports. [/QUOTE]
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