1TB HDD (12.5mm/2.5") drive in MBP13/15/17 - Success
Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 33
  1. #1
    Tech Guru
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    Posts
    577

    Default 1TB HDD (12.5mm/2.5") drive in MBP13/15/17 - Success

    Just want to let you know that you can safely & nicely install a 12.5mm 2.5" in the Unibody MBPs. Physical installation in the laptop is simply great - like it was designed to hold these drives (probably it was ). I did it in 13", but the 15 & 17 will do as good.

    Similar drives (12.5mm) are available also from WD (750G & 1TB, I think). The add thickness is because they are 3 platters, vs the usual 9mm, 2 platter drives.

    I've got the 1TB Toshiba @ 5400rpm (MK1059GSM) and am very happy with. The previous disk was a 500G Momentus 7200.4, but the Toshiba seems to be doing just great! It's much more silent now and double the space! And almost as fast too. And it costs me just about 85EUR (tax incl) from a retail shop here. I'm very happy.


    Think i'll postpone the OptiBay/DualDrive (SSD addtion) purchase for now. The 1TB Toshiba appears to be a very adequate solution based on 2-3 days of use & testing.
    Last edited by loop; 04-10-2011 at 03:58 PM.

  2. #2
    Tech Mentor Audeo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    Enschede, The Netherlands
    Posts
    413

    Default

    And with that I assume you put it in the original HDD space?
    Midi Fighter|Kontrol X1|A4DJ|HDJ2000|MBP 13" 2,53Ghz 60GB SSD/500GB HDD

  3. #3
    Tech Guru
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    Posts
    577

    Default

    yes, in the original hdd space

  4. #4
    DJTT Moderator bloke Karlos Santos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Next to a canal in England.
    Posts
    9,019

    Default

    Good work. Im currently sat waiting for Carbon Copy Cloner to finish on a new Seagate 750/7200.

    12.5 drives only fit in Unibodies with the CD drive on the right.

  5. #5
    Tech Guru
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    Posts
    577

    Default

    I used the OS X install DVD to do the cloning. ~450GB of data in about 10hours over USB including the data verification.

    i also tried with CCC, but it's much slower.

    the instructions for this method are:
    1. boot from the installation DVD
    2. Start Disk Utility from the Utilities menu in the installer
    3. perform a "restore" using the old drive as source and the new as destination.
    3a. alternatively, if you have a time machine backup of your current data, the OS X installer allows you to restore your system from it. Did with the previous disk upgrade and it's perfect.

  6. #6
    DJTT Tankard fullenglishpint's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    St Albans, UK
    Posts
    7,097

    Default

    what do you guys think my best option would be for cloning my HDD onto my new SSD? I'll be doing it in a couple of weeks when I go home for the easter weekend. I have a 250GB drive in atm, have a 240 SSD and a 750 WD HDD with optibay waiting for me.

    My plan is to clone the existing HDD onto the SSD (what is the quickest way? was gna temporarily stick the SSD in the optibay and CCC it over) then switch over and put the 750 in the optibay and move my home folder across.

    Any better ideas?
    TSP 2 | Serato DJ | Live 8 | MBP (SSD + HDD) | AIAIA TMA-1 Fool's Gold Edition | 1200 Mk2s | MidiFighter | KRK RP5
    Xone: DB4 | Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus
    DJTT FAQ | Read my guide to AUDIO CABLES

  7. #7
    DJTT Moderator bloke Karlos Santos's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Next to a canal in England.
    Posts
    9,019

    Default

    Yeah i did a Time Machine restore but it failed twice. Turned out to be a bad drive, so i sent it back.
    Using CCC because my pal uses it and its worked every time.
    I was gonna do Time Machine or restore with Disk Utility but i just thought id give CCC a go.

    Looking like its gonna finish around the 8 hour mark on 470gb.
    If it doesnt work ill just use Disk Utility restore. The Time Machine fail has put me off a bit.

  8. #8
    Tech Mentor Audeo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    Enschede, The Netherlands
    Posts
    413

    Default

    The way I did it was to copy all important things to a external HDD, think twice about what I copied and what else needed copying

    Grounded myself, then opened the MBP up, unplugged the battery, took out the Optical unit, took out the original HDD. grounded myself again, put the SSD in, put the new HDD in the optibay and into the MBP, plugged in the battery, screwed the bottomplate back to the MBP, flipped it over and installed OSX from a USB drive.

    In short, a fresh install is always better. Also, unplug the battery during install to avoid electrical issues and to reset the SMC (this is to avoid any future issues).
    Midi Fighter|Kontrol X1|A4DJ|HDJ2000|MBP 13" 2,53Ghz 60GB SSD/500GB HDD

  9. #9
    Tech Guru
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    Posts
    577

    Default

    LOL Karlos - the CCC failed me twice for some reason and i left it behind . Good to hear it was a defective drive and you caught it so early. I always do a full format or a full read/write test on a new drive before i put it in production.

    the installer approach is definitely faster in my experience. The restore is doing "bit copy" operation with the "dd" command(almost sure bout that), which is more optimal then the rsync approach of CCC. If you have a USB time machine backup, it's also a good option, as you can install the new drive internally and push the "suck" button from the USB backup

    it's likely that your SSD disk will come with both SATA and USB ports. If so, i'd boot the installer, connect the SSD with USB, while the old drive is still inside and use the "Restore" option from Disk Utility.

  10. #10
    DJTT Tankard fullenglishpint's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    St Albans, UK
    Posts
    7,097

    Default

    I have a 1TB time machine (which hasn't been updated since october because i left it in England), so I guess I could just update the time machine (which I would do anyway as an insurance policy) and then swap out the drives and restore over USB with the OSX disc...

    Would that be significantly slower than any of the other drive cloning options?
    TSP 2 | Serato DJ | Live 8 | MBP (SSD + HDD) | AIAIA TMA-1 Fool's Gold Edition | 1200 Mk2s | MidiFighter | KRK RP5
    Xone: DB4 | Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus
    DJTT FAQ | Read my guide to AUDIO CABLES

Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •