Transplanting an Old MacBook Pro HD into a new one

[Durbrow]

I want to take my old MacBook Pro 2008 15 inch drive (340 GB 7400 rpm) and immediately transplant it it into my new MacBook Pro 13 inch. So I am going from an MBP 15 inch (circa 2008) to a new MacBook Pro 13 inch 2010. Both are running the same version of OS X. Is there a problem with this? Do I need to install any specific software for the MBP 13 or are these two disks interchangeable? Will the ROM in the MBP 13 not like the HD from the old 15 incher?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[stilbite]

Both MacBooks should take the 2.5in SATA drives and the OS should work absolutely fine.
The screws and brackets should be transferable... there should be no issue.
check this link..
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2119529,00.asp

 

[djackmac]

I want to take my old MacBook Pro 2008 15 inch drive (340 GB 7400 rpm) and immediately transplant it it into my new MacBook Pro 13 inch.

I'm going to assume you meant (320 GB 7200 rpm). They should swap fine as long as that drive is running a retail install of 10.6 with all the updates. However, lately non Apple branded 3rd party drives have been acting flaky in newer equipment as well as RAM.