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Tonight I swapped out the stock 100GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro with a fresh new Western Digital 320GB. Finally, some mobile storage space! 
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nromagna says:

OMG.
When I changed the hd in my Toshiba i just removed 3 screw...

But we all know Apple is better :)
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Johan of Denmark  Pro User  says:

LOL! - replaced a HD in my PowerBook a few years back...I think I can say with some confidence that Apple do not intend for their end users to do this... *grins*
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Neuköln  Pro User  says:

surgery!

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SA-7™ says:

320 ? I havent half filled up the 250gb WD Scorpio in my MBP.
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schnell8181 says:

we'd love to have you add this to the macgasm pool
www.flickr.com/groups/macgasm/pool/
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autofill  Pro User  says:

huh?
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mrjorgen  Pro User  says:

You daredevil you! ;)

What method do you use to clone the old drive's data to the new one? (I will have to do the same operation to my MacBook some time during the next half year. Can Time Machine do this for me once I upgrade to Leopard?)
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Automatt  Pro User  says:

Hey Jørgen -- time machine worked really well for this transfer -- see here
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Jaemes Sister  Pro User  says:

OK, I'm impressed---I'm hard pressed to even turn my computer on and work with it---
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mrjorgen  Pro User  says:

Thanks, Matt, both for your assuring, and for the link to the great walkthrough article! :)
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indieyuppie  Pro User  says:

did you have to remove the screen to access the HDD?
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Automatt  Pro User  says:

No, the screen is still there, it just has the top panel resting against it
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indieyuppie  Pro User  says:

a ha, I see.
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ollivr  Pro User  says:

lol thanks Matt now I know I will never do this by myself... :D
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leesure  Pro User  says:

Cool! I have a 120 in my MBP and am running out of space. Thanks for the Time Machine tip!

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