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Old 01-06-2010, 02:39 PM   #1
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Upgrading Hard Drive for Laptop

Hey guys,

I just wanted to touch bases with you guys first to make sure I'm not mistaken on any of my steps for upgrading my hard drive.

Alright so lets with the basics:
Currently have a Macbook with a 120GB hard drive

So I wanted to upgrade to something with more room so lets say 320GB.

All I would need to do is match it up so get a 2.5" SATA HD and since I don't see a limit on the maximum size, I figured that 320GB would be a fair point. Going to go with something w/ more RPM 7200 and it shouldn't over heat too much or too badly.

Please tell me if the steps I'm going to take are wrong.

Step 1: Buy the HD.
Step 2: Back up everything on my external HD
Step 3: Install HD
Step 4: Retrieve everything back from my external HD

So just 4 simple steps to getting my HD upgrade.

Now what is going to probably confuse me is HOW I'm going to get all my info from my external back to my internal. If someone could shed some light on this, I would greatly appreciate it!

From what I figure, all I would need to do is install the new HD and then install OS and from there, go into my "time machine" function and retrieve all info.

Thanks in advance!
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