How to upgrade to 7200 rpm hdd on hp dv7 6c43cl win7?

I just bought a 750gb 7200rpm WD scorpio black HDD to upgrade from the 5400rpm hdd that's in the laptop now.  I have the recovery CD's for my laptop. I want to be sure I do the installation right and I am wondering if installation of a higher speed drive is a problem on my laptop. (Heat generation?) Will the recovery disks still work for the installation of the original win7on the new, faster hard drive?  Anything else I should know prior to install?  I am also upgrading from 8gbto 16gb RAM.  Thank you, Anne

There shouldn't be any problems. You should be able to use the recovery cd's to set up Win 7 on the new HDD. The 7200rpm HDD might use a bit more power and generate slightly more heat than the 5400rpm HDD, but I doubt you'll notice the difference. I don't think it's anything to worry about.

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