Can i upgrade MBP MB466LL/A hard drive to SATA 3 SSD

i have a really good deal on CORSAIR FORSE GT SSD 120 on amazon and i was wandering if my MBP can take the upgrade to SATA 3 SSD alsoi if it take the upgrade how can i move my system from the current HHD to the new SSD drive

yes its unibody and its 3 gb link speed as for my storige its only 30gb
i copied the dicription on the drive below i hope it bring more clues, and is it a good buy to get SSD 3 OR 2
Vendor:          NVidia
Product:          MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed:          3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed:          1.5 Gigabit
Description:          AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
Hitachi HTS543216L9SA02:
Capacity:          160.04 GB (160,041,885,696 bytes)
Model:          Hitachi HTS543216L9SA02
Revision:          FB2AC52F
Serial Number:          090326FBE200LCJVBXUF
Native Command Queuing:          Yes
Queue Depth:          32
Removable Media:          No
Detachable Drive:          No
BSD Name:          disk0
Rotational Rate:          5400
Medium Type:          Rotational
Partition Map Type:          GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status:          Verified
Volumes:
disk0s1:
Capacity:          209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name:          disk0s1
Content:          EFI
Untitled:
Capacity:          159.18 GB (159,182,127,104 bytes)
Available:          126.96 GB (126,960,824,320 bytes)
Writable:          Yes
File System:          Journaled HFS+
BSD Name:          disk0s2
Mount Point:          /
Content:          Apple_HFS
Volume UUID:          4F6BDF40-524D-303D-85D9-75BDF14E0143
Recovery HD:
Capacity:          650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name:          disk0s3
Content:          Apple_Boot
Volume UUID:          1200FB16-7EBE-381C-8C54-C1E4DFCC9C7C

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You will find this link useful in regards to the question on warranty after upgrading the drive. Both answers over there are in my experience spot on.
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60 gigabytes to 256 ; the machine is a Lenovo T400s - while the upgrade is
still fairly fresh, I thought I’d share my experience – maybe someone else will
benefit – most of what I’m about to relay was provided by Zoltanthegypsy and
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additional thoughts based on my experience – for the most part I was able to
use the tools provided by Lenovo – my original hard drive had 3 partitions, S
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a minimum amount of hard disk space is required – my 60 gig was almost full and
I got a message that there wasn’t enough space – I can still make the copy but
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to the upgrade but it is a good idea – Start/Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools and you’ll see
the option – and as Zoltanthegypsy has pointed out you will most likely not be
able to do this from the new hard drive after the restore operation covered
below – I haven’t proven this out but I do know that my Q space on the new
drive is smaller than before – something was lost and it’s most likely the
factory state – and so keep the old hard drive long enough to make that factory
state copy to DVD or CD.
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bootable.
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routine was finished I activated the external by typing in the password and then
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