When I first received my Macbook Pro 17″, I knew that it’s hard drive would be inadequate for my needs. So I decided to put a 500 Gb hard drive in it.

This video shows how I put a Hitatchi 5K500 in my 2008 Macbook Pro 17″. For information on the drive I used, you can go to it’s product page by clicking HERE.

These drives can be purchased from various online retail outlets.

I am assuming this will work with various other drives. Just be sure it’s 2.5″ SATA for Laptops. I had originally placed a 320 Gb Western Digital drive that I purchased from Best Buy.

This procedure also works on the early 2008 Macbook Pro 15″. (I took the 320 Gb from this laptop and placed it in Kumeelyun’s 15″.