Introduzione
There are many benefits to adding a second hard drive to your laptop such as improved speeds, greater storage space, and less heartache when installing new software. Use this guide to install one using our optical bay hard drive enclosure.
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Remove the following ten screws:
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Three 14.4 mm Phillips #00 screws
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Three 3.5 mm Phillips #00 screws
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Four 3.5 mm shouldered Phillips #00 screws
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Use the edge of a spudger to pry the battery connector upwards from its socket on the logic board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth ribbon cable connector up from its socket on the logic board.
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Pull the optical drive cable away from the optical drive.
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Remove the two black Phillips #0 screws securing the small metal mounting bracket. Transfer this bracket to your new optical drive or hard drive enclosure.
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Remove the plastic spacer from the optical bay hard drive enclosure by pressing in on one of the clips on either side and lifting it up and out of the enclosure.
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Make sure that the hard drive connectors are facing down before placing it into the enclosure.
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Gently place the hard drive into the enclosure's hard drive slot.
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While firmly holding the enclosure in place with one hand, use your other hand to press the hard drive into the enclosure connectors.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Hi
Can someone guide me the best and cheap way to recover the data from my macbook pro late 2011 edition. I have tried to recover and reinstall OSX but failed. Now its time to format the drive and reinstall OSX. But i need to save my full data. Suggestions would be highly appreciated
Hi
I've followed this guide twice, step by step, to replace the old HDD with a new SSD, but I just don't see the dual drive appear on my desktop. At first I thought it was because the HDD had needed to be formatted prior; which I did, connecting the optical drive enclosure with the HDD installed in it to another MacBook, then, using Disk Utility to format the drive clean, but no luck either way. I still can't see it on my desktop. Any ideas?
I'll appreciate any help because I was totally into the great idea of the dual hard drive so I went and bought the whole kit from ifixit to perform this swap. I'd really like to see it work.
Thanks in advance
Thank you very much for this guide. The whole process is easier than expected.
Hi,
After performing the above scenario, my Macbook Pro is not turning on. Once I'm plugging in the power adapter I can here the clicking sound (approx. every second) and the light on the front edge starts blinking. I've tried many different scenarios, with holding and release power button etc... I've also tried disconnecting and connecting back different parts of the scheme, but result is still the same...
Any ideas what can be the problem here?
Thanks in advance!