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I've ran into a lot of information that involves the link speeds of 3 gb/s being negotiated to 1.5 gb/s (mine is currently the original HDD and the link speed is being negotiated to 1.5 gb/s). I would recommend the former.What are my options for upgrading to an SSD for my Mid-2009 Macbook Pro?

After a successful drive replacement you can keep the original drive to either use it as a cloned backup or erase it and use it as an external drive.

For this iFixIt is a great resource for step-by-step instructions.Remove the original HD, and replace it with the SSD.Once verified successfully, you can power down the notebook and disconnect the SSD drive from the USB port.Log in and verify that it "looks" just like before and that you can both access your applications and connect to the Internet. If the notebook boots up successfully.Keep holding it down until you are presented with a screen that offers a number of drives to boot up from. Power-up the notebook and at the startup chime hold down the Option key.Connect the SSD to one of the available USB ports on the notebook.Verify that you can boot your MacBook from the SSD.

A few that come to mind are: Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper! This is what OWC would provide if you went with one of their kits. An external drive enclosure to host the new SSD.You will need at least two things at this point to do this: Clone the existing internal HD to the new SSD.Since your can still boot up your Mac from the original HD, the basic steps to replace it would be:

but I was keying in on your comment about not doing this kind of thing before. However, the process to do so does NOT require OWC's participation and can readily be done as a DIY project. They make it "easy" to do a drive replacement with their kits.