Is the T420s ultrabay compatible with the seagate momentus XT 750gb hard drive?

Hello,
I have a T420s with a 160gb SSD. last friday i got the BAD_CTX error for the SSD drive and lost all of my data. i called lenovo support (still under warrenty) and they told me the drive was fine. i was shocked! never the less, i found a way to get the drive to work again, but this "fix" will delete all the data on the drive.
i want to use the ultrabay to add a new HDD to backup my SSD on and would like to know if the these three products are compatible.
T420s using the ultrabay with a seagate momentus XT 750gb hard drive?
Thanks in advance for your help...
James

jamesrb wrote:
T420s using the ultrabay with a seagate momentus XT 750gb hard drive?
I'm 99.9% certain that the answer is yes. I have a 500GB HDD in my UltraBay with no problems.
Cheers... Dorian Hausman
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