[SUCCESS] Can I upgrade my harddrive in my HP laptop?

I am considering upgrading the harddrive in my laptop. Right now I have a 160GB drive, and I feel a little closed in with so little space.
The laptop needs to run both win and linux, so I dual boot. that doesn't really make the situation any better, as vista craves drive space like nothing else I've seen before.
Now at the moment I have this drive: WD Scorpio Blue - WD1600BEVS (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=264)
I would like to replace it with this one: WD Scorpio Blue - WD5000BEVT (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products … anguage=en)
Anyone have any experience with doing this kind of upgrade? Is there anything I should be aware of before I start?
My laptop is a HP dv6600 (dv6645eo). According to the service manual found on HPs website, the biggest harddrive for this model is 250GB.
Last edited by madeye (2009-07-10 08:23:26)

OK. Thanks for the help.
The drive currently in the laptop is mounted with some kind of special adapter, and I was a little worried that a new drive would not fit. But from the pictures on WDs website it looks like the sata connector and power connecter are identical on both drives. What I mean is the gap between the two connectors is the same.
Is it part of the SATA specifications that the connectors are placed the same way on all drives? I tried looking at the specifications, but couldn't find anything about it.
I will order the drive tomorrow, then I'll see what happens.

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