New hard drive for my T-61

My hard drive in my T61 crushed and none of the info could be found.  I have to replace it.  Never had to do it myself.   Here are my questions:

(1) all of these discs are the same size.  .  .  because I can not find them linked to the individual books, as you batteries, etc., are mat that is if I order one Western Digital WD3200BEKT Scorpio Black Mobile Hard Drive - 320 GB, 2.5 ", 7200 RPM, I'll be able to spend just to the old and slide in the new?

(2) the machine came with Vista and I think back with Windows XP.  What of all drivers lenovo, etc., who do everything, work on the old system.  I'll never be able to get everyone to install them and how do I find them.

(3) I don't know anything about the partitioning of the drive, or if it is still necessary. Will be the new installation of windows take care of this automatically?

(4) any other questions you can anticipate a new facility like this.

Thank you.

Hi gcsimpson,

(1) not all readers of the laptop are the same size, however, you discovered is a compatible player. It will slide in like a baby

(2) you can find all drivers lenovo from their site. You can either download them manually here:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67853.html. Thinkvantage system update:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/TVSU-UPDATE.html

(3) Windows installation disc will give you an option to partition the drive. Frankly, I do not share readers unless I intend to dual boot my system with another OS. In my point of view, it was not considered necessary.

(4) don't forget to change the hard drive SATA AHCI to compatibility settings in the BIOS, otherwise Windows would not detect your drive. In addition, the procedure is a good guide on installing Win XP on T61:- http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=188992

It will be useful.

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