Purchasing new internal harddrive

I have HP Pavilion dv4-1242TX
Recently, my original 320 GB (Western Digital Scorpio Blue - WD3200BPVT) internal harddrive crashed and became non-responsive.
So now I want to buy a new 500 GB internal harddrive but I am confused whether my laptop will support it or not.
WD Blue 500 GB Laptop internal hard drive (WD5000BPVT/ WD5000LPVX)
KEY FEATURES
2.5 inch Form Factor
SATA 3.0 Gbps Interface
8 MB Cache Memory
5400 RPM Spin Speed
500 GB HDD
600000 Load / Unload Cycles
Please help me out..
Thanks..
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Other than the size, I see no difference between the two drives.  Just have the Recovery DVD set available and install the new drive, run the Recovery Set and away you go.  If the old drive is truely toast, there is nothing else to do but to run the Microsoft updates.
Or install Windows 7, retail version of your choice.
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