This hard-drive compatible with T400?

I ran a hardware scan through lenovo tools and my Thinkpad T400 2764-CTO's hard drive failed the SMART Short Self test and the Surface Scan Test-2. That's pretty bad right? (Actually it has failed those 2 tests for the past month now)
If it is bad, I was thinking of getting this hard-drive to replace it http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-2-5-Inch-Notebook/dp/B005DVJJWQ/ref=pd_cp_e_2 Anyone know if it would be compatible with my laptop?
Thanks a lot!

I'm sure you were hoping for a simple answer, but the answer is "maybe". This is an "advanced format" drive, which means it has 4k sectors, instead of the traditional 512-byte sectors. If you are running an OS that is aware of AF drives (like windows 7 with SP1 installed), it will work if you build the drive with a tool that is compatible, like a recent version of acronis. Rescue and recovery or OEM recovery disks will not work. Lenovo does not guarantee compatibility with any machine that was not originally sold with AF drives, like T420.

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