I have replaced my hard drive in mac book pro with SSD drive - Can I use that hard drive to replace the optical drive and have 2 disks?

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If I do the above will the drive need a caddy or will it just slot straight in ?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 01 '11 at 16:33

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If you have a unibody (black keyboard) MacBook Pro, then yes, you can totally use the old hard drive to replace the optical drive. In fact, I'm writing this post on a MacBook Pro with that exact set up :)

You'll need a caddy indeed. I'm using an OptiBay, which works fine. You can find cheaper alternatives on eBay, but I'm not sure how well they fit. However non-unibody (silver keyboard) MacBook Pros use PATA for the optical bay, and thus this won't work unfortunately.

edited Oct 01 '11 at 16:33

robmathers

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answered Sep 01 '11 at 10:00

Kiezpro

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There may be a big issue with this approach — potential damage to the hard drive and your data. – Baumr Dec 11 '12 at 02:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '12 at 13:43

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+1 for Kiezpro but cheaper alternatives are available from macsales and from other sellers on amazon. Check those out as well.

answered Apr 26 '12 at 13:43

Vineet Bhatia

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I have replaced my hard drive in mac book pro with SSD drive - Can I use that hard drive to replace the optical drive and have 2 disks?

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