Can we use a internal hard drive of windows PC in MacBookPro mid 2012 unibody

[krishnads03]

Hello All !



I have a HP laptop which is not usable anymore. And now i am facing problem with the hard drive of my MacBookPro. So, I want to use my hard drive of HP laptop into my MacBookPro.



Can I do this ?

And if yes, then how ?



Thanks!

 

[elf69]

it they both sata then yes it will work fine.

remove old hdd and replace with the hp one and install osx

 

[krishnads03]

it they both sata then yes it will work fine.

remove old hdd and replace with the hp one and install osx

Hello elf69 !

Thanks for your quick response. i will try and will post the result here.

 

[elf69]

back up any data from the hp drive first.

then once inside the mac wipe it and install osx

 

[adam9c1]

If it’s a 13” for sure.

Also you can remove the optical drive and install a drive caddy. In this model computer in place of optical only SATA 2 speed hard drives are fully supported. SATA 3 may give you errors.


That’s the model I have.
Replacing the main hard disk takes 10 minutes.

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