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Install new hard drive macbook pro winclone
Install new hard drive macbook pro winclone







  1. #INSTALL NEW HARD DRIVE MACBOOK PRO WINCLONE UPGRADE#
  2. #INSTALL NEW HARD DRIVE MACBOOK PRO WINCLONE PRO#

  • Copy all of the contents of my Mac partition over to the new hard drive.
  • Replace a 320 GB Hard Drive with a 640 GB Drive.
  • Here is what I wanted to do and my environment: I’m going to describe the process in my particular scenario (which may be similar to yours, but if it is different, feel free to leave a comment on this post with questions).

    #INSTALL NEW HARD DRIVE MACBOOK PRO WINCLONE UPGRADE#

    Pre-Installation Processīefore you go blindly in and upgrade a hard drive, there are a series of steps you must take to ensure your success.

  • Free-fall sensor – detects if the drive is falling and auto-magically parks the head in less than 200 milliseconds (Scorpio Black only – optional)įull specifications can be found on the Western Digital site ( Blue and Black Scorpio versions).
  • SecurePark – parks the drive heads during spin up/down and when the drive is off.
  • ShockGuard – protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks and bumps.
  • Thus far, having come from a Scorpio Black, I have not noticed any performance change. The Scorpio Blue drives have 8MB Buffer sizes and have a rotation speed of 5200 RPM while the Scorpio Blacks have 16 MB Buffer and 7200 RPM. Both drives boast features like low power consumption, being quiet and cool. For me, it was less about performance and more about the needed breathing room of space. There are two lines that you can consider, the Black, which is typically for high-performance situations and the Blue for larger capacity environments. I was happy to undertake the upgrade challenge and document the process for others to learn and attempt on their own.īefore I go into the “how to” part of this post, I just wanted to provide a bit of information about the Scorpio hard drives.

    #INSTALL NEW HARD DRIVE MACBOOK PRO WINCLONE PRO#

    My aging MacBook Pro is my life-blood that I use for both work and personal purposes, so making sure that I have ample hard drive space is critical to my success. So, the kind folks at Western Digital heard my dilemma and donated a 640 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue hard drive in order for me to perform the upgrade. All of my recent video reviews have been sucking up precious space on my hard drive and even despite regular archives, it had become just too full. And this is even after I had upgraded it about 2 years ago with a 320 GB Western Digital Scorpio Black hard drive. My non-unibody 15″ beaten and worn MacBook Pro had about 3 GB of free hard drive space on it. For all of those people who are interested in breathing a little bit of life into an older MacBook Pro, this post is for you.









    Install new hard drive macbook pro winclone