Macbook Pro 15" Harddrive Replacement Procedure

This is a great find! Western Digital just came out with a 500 GB 2.5 SATA HD. I'm lickin' my chops.

I'm still trying to connect the relationship angst going on in the music with this process. I hope there isn't too much of a connection there ;)

I can't remember exactly, but I think its because you have to format the drive to have the HFS journaling file system which is compatible with Mac OSX.

Anyway, it worked the way I did it in the video.

Thank you very much. Video is very insightful. I am ready to upgrade my MBP to a 320.
I have a question.
why did you have to create a partition for?

Aha! Little did you know your first comment posted fine! Now I have 2 of your fine comments BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

The songs are in the info box. Click "more info". I personally regretted including the music in this clip, but oh well at least you liked it! Its worth it. :)

Thanks for posting this video! Very good job! What is the name of the second song in your video! I love the music! Thanks!

Very Cool Video! I got my 320 in now and am happy! What is the name of the second song you played in your video! It is a cool song! Thanks so much!

I personally thought my video was terrible, the camera I used is very old and not really suitable for video. But, I am certainly glad that you were able to make good use of it!

Thanks for the feedback! I wish I had 320gb...

Thank you - that was veery helpful.
I wish the Apple store was that helpful.
5 day turnaround to replace a faulty HD, and they won't let you keep/borrow the old HD to do data recovery.
This took 20 minutes, and now I have 320GB :)

I didn't say to check if its connected, I said to check if the connection is firm. Sometimes it could be a loose connection. Some things might work, but not quite right. Kind of like plugging your headphones in not quite all the way on an mp3 player of your choice produces sound in only one of the 2 speakers on the headphone.

Test before closing the unit.

Also try external keyboard and mouse. If you want you can bring it to a genius bar at an apple store they'll test those kind of things free.

Yup. The power button works fine, too, which is how I know it's connected. The ambient light sensor also lights up the keyboard when I cut off the lights in my house, but for some reason the keyboard and trackpad are the only parts that don't work.

The speakers even work! Although they're a little low, which is odd.