Replacement hard disk for Satellite M30-604

Having problems with my hard disk and want to change it. Believe original was a IC25N060ATMR04-0 which appears to be a Hitachi 4200rpm 60Gb UDMA drive with an 8 Meg buffer. Can I replace it with a larger, faster drive? If so what spec must I have? Grateful for any ideas!

Hi,
So, you just have to make sure that you install a IDE drive and not a SATA. The rest is obsolete since you dont have to take care for any specs like speed or cache. Just grab the biggest drive you can get and install it.
Thats all. In case of any questions just let your thougts flow into that forum here ;)
Greets

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