Can I swap my HDD from compaq 621 to compaq C700 (FF411PA#ACJ)

I have a two laptops of same company compaq but different models both shows a problem. One problem is HDD and another problem is motherboard sothat I decided to that I changed the HDD. (1) Compaq 621 - Support for 9.5-mm, Serial ATA, 160-GB, 5400-rpm and (2) Comapq C700 (FF411PA#ACJ) - Support for 9.5-mm, Serial ATA, 320-GB, 7200-rpm. Am I changed or not because difference of 5400rpm and 7200 rpm ?

Maybe a tiny bit more heat but the laptop will have no problem handling it. If heat concerns you get a solid state drive. They have no moving parts so generate almost no extra heat. Seriously, today's 7200 rpm drives produce less heat than 5400s from a few years back. If you get one with a large cache of 32 megs it can actually produce less heat than a 5400 rpm with an 8 meg cache because the drive will be accessed a bit less.

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