Replacing T510 hard disk - 2 questions...

Hello All,
I have a T510 with 320Gb hard disk. I want to replace the hard disk with something with more capacity. I have 2 questions:
Will this void my warranty - I have 500+ days left
Can I take a complete copy of the hard disk and have all my applications and settings work exactly as they did on the old disk?
Thanks in advance,
James
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Just as The Dude says. I swap my drives weekely in my T510. I use Acronis True Image and create Rescue Media on a Thumb drive. I boot to it and clone my internal HDD to an external eSATA drive. That takes 8+ minutes. I then swap drives and clone from the external eSATA to the new internal drive. When done, I remove the thumb drive and boot to the new drive - now exactly a duplicate of what is on the eSATA external.
This was, I have two complete backups of everything - and when I travel, I carry the "reserve" HDD in a small neoprene bag.
If you use the Ultrabay adapter, you can clone drive to drive internally.

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