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    white macbook restore dvd question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by thephased, Mar 23, 2009.

  1. thephased

    thephased Notebook Guru

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    hi i just got a new white macbook. It came with two restore dvds. one for osx and the other for applications. If i put in a new hard drive will i be able to install osx from the restore dvd or will i need a copy of a legit Mac OSX 10.5.x dvd. the guy at the apple store said the restore dvds will only work on this computer. i dont know if that means it will only work on the same hard drive or not. i plan on upgrading to a 320gb 7200 rpm.

    thanks.
     
    thephased, Mar 23, 2009
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  2. fins4o8

    fins4o8 Notebook Consultant

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    yes, you can use the retore DVD that came with your MB to re-install OSX when you put in a new HDD. Your restore DVD will work on other MB like yours.
     
    fins4o8, Mar 23, 2009
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  3. ItsDaKronic

    ItsDaKronic Notebook Consultant

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    Sure. By same computer he meant same macintosh hardware. HD does can be replaced as well as RAm.

    Does swapping HD's break warranty though?
     
    ItsDaKronic, Mar 25, 2009
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  4. J12

    J12 Notebook Evangelist

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    It does not on the macbook. It will on the previous gen macbook pro but not the unibody one.
     
    J12, Mar 25, 2009
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