Upgrading hard drive and Windows

I have a X61s Thinkpad with a 100 GB hard drive that is getting full (about 85GB).  I plan to buy a larger faster hard drive (probably a 7200 RPM 250 GB Western Digital one from New Egg:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136279
First question; Are there any likely problems with upgrading to this hard drive?
Second, I still run XP and have recently purchased Windows 7 to install.  Should I clone existing drive contents to new drive and then change to Windows 7 or install Windows 7 on the existing hard drive and then move everything to the new drive?  Or some other scenario?
Finally, do I need to worry about the fall protection on this drive conflicting with the similar system in the laptop?
I'm fairly computer competent, but like it much better when I don't have to muck around inside the settings too much.
Thanks,
nwjhawk

someone else will probablly have to answer as to the compatibility of the new drive. but, as far as installing 7, are you planning an upgrade or do you actually have the os on disc.  if you have it on disc, i would probably install the new drive and load the new os right on it.  that way you would have your old drive with your old os as a backup just in case anything would go wrong.  if you are planning an upgrade then i would clone the old drive to the new drive and do the upgrade on the new drive. active protection and power management should still work the same but there have been a few posts on here concerning buggy drivers.  if your display starts freezing or lagging uninstall active protection first and if it still acts up then do the power management. but it should still work okay.
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