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    DIY Hard Drive Upgrade on iBook?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by blinkme_210, Sep 24, 2005.

  1. blinkme_210

    blinkme_210 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm about to delve into the world of Mac OS by buying a 12" inch iBook, and I am wondering, is it possible to swap out the hard drive yourself? I have a 60gb 5400RPM drive that I want to utilize.

    I know that you can upgrade the memory yourself, but I haven't seen a tutorial for a hard drive upgrade on apple.com
     
    blinkme_210, Sep 24, 2005
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    A Squirrel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thats because it voids your warranty, you have to take the caseing apart to put it in, there is no "Easy" way to do it. Mac Addict had an article w/ Instructions but I forgot which issue it was.
     
    A Squirrel, Sep 24, 2005
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    Just hang on to the old hard drive and throw it back in if you need to send it in for service.
     
    ZaZ, Sep 25, 2005
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