Tecra M2 - I need a new HDD that is compatible

Hi, I've just bought a 2nd hand Tecra M2, but the hard drive will need replacing shortly since it's on the way out. I've found a hard drive on ebay which says it's compatible, it says in the heading for the hard drive
"Toshiba 120GB Laptop Hard Drive Tecra TE S2 S1 M3 M2 M1"
(here's a direct link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toshiba-120GB-Laptop-Hard-Drive-Tecra-TE-S2-S1-M3-M2-M1_W0QQitemZ230361558318QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Dri ves_Storage_Internal?hash=item35a29e6d2e&_trksid=p 3286.m63.l1177
but there seem to be so many m2 models I don't know if this one hard drive will be compatible with all of them. I'm a novice if you haven't already guessed! So I'd be most grateful for advice. My particular M2 model no. is PTM20E-01KK3-EN
Many thanks!

Hello
For the Tecra M2 you need a HDD with IDE interface and that means the HDD from eBay should also work on your notebook properly.
As far as I know the Tecra M2 can due the 28bit LBA limitation only handle HDDs up to 128GB the 120GB HDD should work. :)
Greets

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