W510 ssd samsung evo

Hi,
I have a thinkpad W510. It came with an original 500 gb hitachi drive. I believe it is a 2.5 inch 9.5 mm drive. Can I put in a samsung ssd evo with 2.5 inch 7mm drive? Do I need new rubber railings? The reason im asking is it appears the original drive is in an adaptor. Can i take the metal adaptor off the old drive and put it on the new and reuse the railings? Or you cant use the old adaptor on a 7mm drive. Also in the hmm it mentions a storage converter part number
42W7888 do i need this?
To clone the drive do i just buy an external hdd enclosure and use acronis or something similiar?
thanks!
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There's no urgent need for the spacers, is good if you have it but no drama if you don't
I have several 7mm drives in 9mm bays using the 9mm caddy and rubber rails and they work all fine. See the example pics from my X201:
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