Can I put a 500 gb hdd in a T61

I have a T61 running XP PRO with a 100 gb hdd. Can I replace that with a 500 gb hdd. BIOS shows the correct drive model. When I boot off a Windows cd, the drive is visable. When I boot off a Ghost cd, I can copy an image to the drive, but the drive won't boot. I've tried Windows repair and chkdsk.

kprice, welcome to the forum,
hopefully you'll find your solution in this thread and the threads linked to from it. Capturing the boot sectors using the -ib switch is critical.
Hope this helps
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