W520 vs T61p Hard drive

Hi, I am soon to have a brand new W520 and I am wondering if my secondary hard drive bay and hard drive will be compatible from my T61.
I try to find info on this online, but don't seem to clearly get any.
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Hi Bee73
I am not sure about the ultrabay as I do not own one. However, there are more information at this thread, stating it does not work very well due to 3mm gap making it loose with Ultrabay Adapter III. Some of the people recommend using 3rd party HDD Caddy for W510 / W520.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Will-Hard-Drive-Bay-Adapter-II-two-work-in-W52...
Your T61 hard drive should be able to work as long as it is a SATA HDD.
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