Using external HDD as boot drive

MichaelHo · 12 Apr 2010 at 22:25

Hey guys,

Last night the hard drive on my coreduo macbook went. When I tried to boot it I just got a flashing folder with a '?' and it wouldn't boot. I have just reinstalled osx on to a external USB drive which seems to be working. Is it ok to use this as my only drive for my macbook? If I can then I won't need to buy a replacement internal hard drive.

Any advice appreciated.

Michael

PardonTheWait · 12 Apr 2010 at 23:45

If it works I don't see any reason why not, but the HDD in the older style macbooks is a piece of cake to replace and you can get yourself a 250gb drive for well under £40, 500gb for about £50ish.

I'd definitely look into it - it's very very easy to fit the new drive, the old one's just on a little sled that you pull out.

MichaelHo · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:53

What type of HDD do I need to look for? Are all 2.5" HDD the same?

MichaelHo · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:40

Thinking of getting a Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" Hard Drive SATAII 5400rpm 8MB Cache.