T60 upgrade from 60GB SATA to 320GB HDD

Question

I know just enough to be dangerous, so please bear with me.
I have a T60 1953-D7U with the original Toshiba 60GB SATA/150 HDD that is out of space.  I used Norton Ghost to copy the 60GB drive to a Fijitsu 320GB SATA/300 HDD that was in an external USB enclosure.  Both are 5400 RPM.  I copied the MBR.
After I installed the 320GB drive, the T60 doesn't boot.  Using F12 to pause the boot process, I see the 320GB drive listed but apparently it doesn't appear as a boot drive.
Is there something else I have to do for the T60 to boot from the new drive?
Note:  the SATA controller Mode Option is set to "AHCI".  The other option is "Compatability".   Does this have anything to do with it.
Add'l Info:  Originally I tried to copy the 60GB to the 320GB using Acronis True Image v7.0 that was on a bootable CD.  Acronis gave an error msg E000101F4 No Drive 0 Found.  It did see the USB attached 320GB drive.  That's why I switched to Ghost.  Is there any problem using Ghost for this copy?
Many thanks for your time.
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Here’s my original problem.
I have a T60 1953-D7U with the original Toshiba 60GB SATA/150 HDD that is out of space.  I used Norton Ghost to copy the 60GB drive to a Fujitsu 320GB SATA/300 HDD that was in an external USB enclosure.  Both are 5400 RPM.  I copied the MBR.
After I installed the 320GB drive, the T60 doesn't boot.  Using F12 to pause the boot process, I see the 320GB drive listed but apparently it doesn't appear as a boot drive.
Andy was absolutely right.  The primary issue seems to be that the New Drive(320GB)  MUST be in the Lenovo Laptop when you’re doing the copy of the Old Drive C:\ (60 GB) to the New Drive and building the Master Boot Record (MBR).  My C:\ is now up and running on the New Drive.
In my case, I gave up on the SERVICEV001 partition.  I never could get it copied.  I believe it’s for reverting back to your original configuration in case of a total disaster.  Since my T60 is 5 years old, I'll buy a new PC if that happens.  I’m running XP SP3 and use Norton Ghost v15.
This email is to thank those that helped me and help the next guy who might try this.
I’m sure there are many ways to accomplish the task, but here’s what I eventually did.
I removed the T60 from the Docking Station.  I have too many USB External drives to keep the drive letters straight.
I used Norton Ghost to do a new full backup of the Old Drive C:\ and SERVICEV001 to a completely different USB attached Portable HDD. 
The New Drive was attached via a USB Enclosure.  I used Windows Computer Mgt/Disk Mgt to format the New Drive with Partition 1 as 293GB NTFS and Partition 2 as 5GB FAT32.  At that time, I still had hopes of saving the SERVICEV001 partition.
I installed the New Drive in the T60.  I removed the battery while doing so.
I used a Norton Ghost Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD) to boot.  Then I used Ghost SRD Recovery feature to restore the Old C:\ (Source) to the New Drive Partition 1 (Target).  In Ghost, the parameters were Set Active = YES, Copy MBR = Yes.
That’s about it.  OK, that’s about a half days work, so what did I do the other 4+ days.  I wasted a couple of days before I posted to this Board and got Andy’s reply.  And I wasted a couple of days trying to save SERVICEV001.
In the meantime, I learned quite a bit.  My suggestions:
Read Andy’s email above and the references he cited. 
Practice with Windows Computer Mgt/Disk Mgt to understand Disk 0, 1 and Partitions 1, 2 etc.
Practice with DOS C:\ DiskPart and how to list Disk and Partition info.
Copy C:\boot.ini to a flash drive and read the following post from the Norton Board.  You probably won’t need it, but you’ll know about it just in case.
 http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/Ghost-copy-my-hard-drive-issues/td-p/385934/hig...
5.  I used a Norton Ghost Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD) to boot.  I worked for me.  I used the Recovery function to restore the C:\ drive on the New Disk.  I also used the Ghost Utilities Partition Table edits frequently while trying to copy SERVICEV001.  Spend time understanding the Ghost SRD capabilities.
A note about the ThinkVantage software.  I love it.  I would never be able to keep my laptop current without it.  My next laptop will likely be a Lenovo because of the ThinkVantage software.  I did, however, discontinue TV Rescue & Recovery and switched to Norton Ghost.  Two things.  One, I just didn't feel confident that I knew where my backups were.  i.e. Not particularly user friendly.  And, two, a couple of years ago it was incompatible with some of the other TV software unless you went through a conversion process.  Everybody has a choice.
Many thanks for your help.