It has been few days since I have changed my 13 inch MacBook Pro with 2.4 Ghz and 4Gb RAM mid-2010. And to be honest, it started showing some affect. Before I go details explaining all the specifications and result, I must say that all the product brands that will be mention in this blog/article are not owned by me, nor was sponsored by. And I will not be responsible if you damage or destroy your hard drive or computer. This is only for review and instructional purposes only. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS REPLACING ANY PARTS OF COMPUTER. MAKE SURE NO ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN PLUGGED IN WHILE REPLACING THE HARD DRIVE OR ANY OTHER PART OF COMPUTER.
So, what does it take to replace MacBook Pro's hard drive. Well, before buying hard drive make sure you have all the right screw drivers. Apple computers are not easily unscrewed computers. Find the tools first then proceed. As for me, I did little research about the hard drive types and screw drivers. My first choice of Hard Drive was of course Western Digital, WD has been famously known for their hard drive. After doing some benchmarks, I would give the WD Hard Drive 8/10. The drive is quite and uses less power. Furthermore, I have also bought set of screwdrivers from "www.amazon.com," it is cheaper and has nor selection of type. The main screw driver that was used to open the back lead of 13 inch MacBook Pro was "Philips 00" screwdrivers. The only thing to be careful is that back lead of 13 inch MacBook Pro has three long screws. So, know where those three long screws go. After opening, all the hardware will be visibility. Note: make sure you don't have positive static charge in your body. So touch any metal objects near you to have negative charge. If you have seen Hard Drive before then you will be able to spot it. If you haven't seen one, it looks like rectangle box with 2.5 inch thickness, most of time it is located left bottom corner. One of the sides of hard drive will have black colored line and it will have two screws. This is where you will need torx screw driver. After unscrewing it, all you have to do is to lift the hard drive and it will come off. Be careful, because there is thin ribbon like cable called SATA cable. Now, all you have to do is to unplug it and separate it. One of thing you will notice that Hard Drive will have two screws on each side just use torx screw to unscrew and screw it back to same places on new hard drive you will install. Put the new drive in same place as the old one and put all screws back on. Don't forget the black harness that was next to drive, which kept the drive from moving around. After screwing everything in, put back the back cover and screw it in right place. Remember, there is three long screw that must be in right place. After finished, plug the power source and insert the CD or external drive or even flash drive containing the Apple Operating system, turn it on and keep holding the ALT key until you see bunch of drive to booth from. Choose the rigth disk and continue with Apple operating System's guide to install the OS. Thank you and if you have question please leave a comment and I will answer as much as I could. Last two pictures are the differences of speed between my old Apple Seagate 5200rpm with 256 GB and New Western Digitals 7200rpm with 500GB Black scorpion.
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