Replacing T60 60GB HDD with Western Digital Passport 160GB HDD

I'm looking to swap my internal 60GB hard drive with my 160GB WD Passport. Because my external is a 2.5" drive I would imagine this could be possible but I'm hessitant to try it and possibly mess up my only computer and my external. I'd also appreciate any help on the install side that you guys can offer. Below is the Passport I have. Thanks in advance!
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3751568&csid=ITD&body=MAI...

Welcome to the forum!
I doubt that this is possible, you need a drive with SATA interface for your T60.
To each his/hers own, but with today's prices of SATA drives, why even bother...
Take a look at this:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008232
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
George
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