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Hard drive replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1569218" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>You do not need the same part number, nor even the same brand of drive.</p><p></p><p>You can use any SATA 2.5" drive 9.5mm in height - which is just about all of them.</p><p>Get the largest, fastest drive you can afford.</p><p>Personally, with hard drives, I still recommend the WD Black drives.</p><p></p><p>You're also going to need your original boot discs or a bootable USB drive with 10.7 or later if you were running that to reinstall OS X unless you have a bootable clone backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1569218, member: 24160"] You do not need the same part number, nor even the same brand of drive. You can use any SATA 2.5" drive 9.5mm in height - which is just about all of them. Get the largest, fastest drive you can afford. Personally, with hard drives, I still recommend the WD Black drives. You're also going to need your original boot discs or a bootable USB drive with 10.7 or later if you were running that to reinstall OS X unless you have a bootable clone backup. [/QUOTE]
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