Installing 500GB Hitachi 7200 RPM 2.5″ on 1.83GHz Macbook
Macbook has Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 60GB hard drive using Leopard.
Someone needed it to get upgraded:
1. bought 500GB 7200rpm Hitachi 2.5″ delivered $85 from NewEgg.com
2. removed battery and 3 screws from the tin around the battery space
3. pulled white plastic on left to pull hard drive out
4. bought a star (6 corners) screw driver very small (8-1) to remove screws around hard drive frame
5. after putting same way new hard drive closing everything turned on and placed Leopard Snow 10.6 disc
6. Follow steps, It won’t detect hard drive, go to utilities choose Disk Utility
7. select hard drive from top to 2nd icon and click on partition tab
8. select partition 1 from drop down menu and ensure in next option Mac Partition (Extended Journal)
9. click Apply and close this utility
10. you will see it has now the hard drive to choose for installation
