Changing harddisk in your MacBook

(Originally posted on Notes @ Facebook at April 17, 2009)

I am very amazed with Apple.

My harddisk crashed the other day. So, I went to get a 2.5" SATA 320GB harddisk
and prepare to change the harddisk myself.

Changing the harddisk... i.e. 5 minutes...

Step 1. unscrew the cover with a coin.

Step 2. take out battery.

Step 3. unscrew 3x screws and take out the L shape metal piece.

Step 4. pull the harddisk out.

Step 5. Change the harddisk.

Step 6. Push the harddisk in.

Step 7. put back the L shape metal piece, and screw all 3x screws.

Step 8. put back battery.

Step 9. screw back the cover.

That's it.

Reinstalling the Leopard MacOS 10.5.. i.e. 45 minutes...

Step 10. put in the DVD installer disk.

Step 11. click click click... and install.

Step 12. system self reboot...

That's it..

Restoring the data... i.e. 50 minutes...

Step 13. plug in the USB cable for Time Machine...

Step 14. Select to restore everything...

Step 15. Wait...

That's it...

And then, when you have the system back on, it looks exactly the same as
few days ago, when you do the backup... Everything is restored perfectly,
including all the softwares, i.e. Microsoft Office, iLife'09, etc etc. My Apple
TV is connecting correctly to my iTunes... with all the credentials password
properly restored and configured...

I am still amazed by how easy that is... If it is a Windows XP or Vista,... I think
I will have to spend 1-2 days to do recovering and it is not 100% recovering...
...

Apple rules...


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