Hi, I'm also having trouble upgrading the drive. I have a Mid-2009 13" MacBook Pro, 2.53 GHz (A1278) So I tried using a...

Thanks you guys for your help, Dan you were right, it was definitely the HD and it didn't hurt that disk maker X 6 wasn't working all that well either. Between that and my USB flash drives not wanting to partition/erase it took A LOT longer than it should've. BUT it finally worked! The most amazing part is I just timed the start ups on my 2009 MBP and my 2015 Retina, because a drag race is still the funest test of whose faater and they were only a couple seconds apart. You guys were a great help and thank you again!