T60 upgrade

Hi,
My Lenovo T60 died last month (hard drive i think). 
I wated to know - if i decide to upgrade my T60 and install a new hard drive - can i install a SSD drive on it? or its not suitable for this machine?
does it matter how big is the drive (128GB instead of 60GB i had)
any other parts i can/cant replace to make it work better?
Thanks!
Noam

yes you can install an SSD that should give you a little bit more speed but there isn't much you can do to speed it up...memory & SSD thats about it
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