some advice

[ibmdude]

My IBM thinkpad harddrive is acting up, and I need to replace it. Can I get any old 2.5 in laptop drive, or will it have to be the exact model?

Thanks

 

[sytosis]

Erm.....i suggest dumping the thinkpad and gettin a fujistu

 

[Samm]

You should be able to but first find out what the maximum size of hard drive your laptop will recognise is, so you don't but a drive thats too big.
Also, make sure your old drive doesn't have a hidden system partition on it, if it does you will need to recreate this on the new drive. IBM should provide a utility on their website for doing this.