Upgrade of HDD and Windows 7

I'm new to this forum and not real technical. I have read several threads about replacing hard drives, but due to my insecurity relative to my technical skills, would like confirmation of my plan...
Currently have 2 Thinkpads (T61-Vista/R61-XP downgrade from Vista). I want to upgrade both to Windows 7 and at the same time install a larger hard drive. Looking at WD 320GB 7200 RPM drives w/ the fall sensor or 500GB 5400 RPM.
Here's my plan and would appreciate feedback as to whether this will work or if there's an easier way to do this, as well as any gotchas to look out for!
1. Backup my data to an external drive - I have lots of documents/pictures, a little video and iTunes. I will run System update prior to this -- not sure if that is necessary or not.
2. Remove the current drive and install the new HDD.
3. Power it up, use my recovery CD I made when I received my Thinkpad to load Vista on the new hard drive. Assuming I will be prompted to format the drive, drivers will be loaded as well as Thinkvantage Technologies, correct?
4. Perform System Update through Thinkvantage technologies....
5. Pop the upgrade version of Windows 7 in my CD drive and do the upgrade
6. Load my applications, backed up data, etc.
One other elementary question.......When I order the 320Gb drive, I don't need to order any other enclosures, etc. -- all I do is pop that into my laptop, correct?
My simple little brain thinks this shouldn't be that difficult a process, but "I don't know what I don't know."
Thanks in advance!!

>is there any simple way that get cooled this Fan and underneath the laptop? How to stop unexpected shut downs?
How to stop? Obviously the internal temperature is too high and therefore the unit shuts down.
Why the temp is too high? Well, either the cooling modules cannot cool down the internal parts (CPU and GPU) properly or these parts (GPU and CPU) produce too much of warmness.
1) Cooling modules:
In case the dust and debris prevents the cooling fans from rotating faster, the temperature would increase and notebook would shut down. You should ensure the cooling modules are free of dust and that fans can run with bets performance.
In Windows Power Management settings you could set the cooling method to performance. Using battery optimized setting, the fans would rotate slower but this would increase battery working time.
2) You could decrease the CPU performance. This can be done in Windows Power Management too. You can set the CPU max performance to 80-70%
Another solution: try to use some external cooling pads. There are many devices on the market which could cool down the notebook from the bottom side.

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