T61 hard drive replacement for noobs

i have a t61 7663 and i want to upgrade the hard drive
i currently have a WDC WD1200BEVS-08RST2 ATA and i was just wondering what infomation i need to purchase new hard drive
i know it needs to be a sata, 2.5' , ata but do i need to no the right size to fit into the laptop?
i am looking for 500gb if anybody has any suggestions
thanks

They work for Windows 7 - just not for me The AF drives allow more bits per sq cm (not as much error correction overhead with 4k sectors) so that's the way large drives are going.
Seriously, Windows 7 is supposed to support them, but there were some issues. Those have been fixed in W7 SP1, but on my machine the storage driver didn't update properly and caused problems. I have them fixed now.
You aren't completely out of luck with XP. If you run the alignment tool it should help a lot. I'm not totally clear on whether performance will be 100% after that. If the OS reads and writes 4k of data per cluster (the NTFS norm, IIRC) and the partitions are aligned correctly it _may_ be OK.
Here's a link to the WD page discussing cloning and alignment. They imply that if done right it will be OK on XP:
Advanced Format Software
They provide a WD-labeled version of the Acronis clone and align tools. Should get you going.
Good luck,
Z.
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