Upgrade HDD speed in Thinkpad T530?

Hi all. I just ordered a Thinkpad T530 with the 1TB, 5400rpm hard drive. I'm now having second thoughts about that drive and wondering if I should upgrade it myself to a 7200rpm drive (it's too late to change my order).
I will be using this computer for Adobe CS6 programs such as Photoshop, InDesign, and After Effects. I will also probably be running Linux in VirtualBox. Will the 5400rpm hard drive make these programs run noticeably slower than a 7200rpm HDD? I also have an i7 processor and 8GB of DDR3 RAM.
If you think it's worth it to buy a 7200rpm drive (probably a smaller size), where do you suggest I buy it? I'm not sure how to tell if a hard drive sold online will be compatible with my T530. And can I get a Windows disk from Lenovo to install Windows on the new hard drive without having to purchase a whole new copy of Windows?
Thanks!
Gentoo Linux/Windows 7 Home Premium on Lenovo Thinkpad T530

'afternoon...
welcome to the community.
first, i recommend that once you receive the machine, use the "Create Recovery Media" function found by searching for same from the Start Orb (or in the Control Panel, i think). i like creating on DVDs. second, contact Service and request that they send you a factory recovery DVD set. functionally, both sets will do the same thing, namely, restore your machine to a factory-delivered state.
once you have these in hand, you can consider how you want to configure/reconfigure the storage systems. personally, i would look into getting a mSATA SSD for OS/swap/temp/apps and using either recovery set to image it, and then repurposing the terabyte drive as data/documents/video/photo/etc.
cheers.
edit: clarification and correction.
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