Can I upgrade to this hard disk?

wanting to upgrade my hard disk of my T60 (only 120 gb) to the 320 gb. Info says "compatible w/ SOME T60"- how can I find out if mine is one of them (8744-5BU)? Otherwise I will just go for the 250 gb, but for only $30 more, would like the 320 gb. Thanks

My assumption would be that the drive was not cloned properly...Ghost (if that's what they used) has a history of issues with ThinkPads, unlike Acronis..
Personally, I'd take steps to do the cloning myself and see what happens...if the new drive is bad, so be it...
Cheers,
George
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I am about to buy a new MacBook Pro, but want to try out the Serial Drive 7200rpm before taking the plunge to use the SSD....Can you upgrade a MacBookPro hard drive from a "750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm" to a Solid State Drive easily?
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