Thank you for your answers, I really appreciate it. @ZaZ: I have considered this. After all, it is a new drive. There is some evidence to suggest that there could be an issue with the drive, but I haven't had time to really give it a complete test yet. The first time I installed Windows 7 on this bo...

So I have a thinkpad T41 but it wasn't enough for what I was working on any more, so I bought a used T60/p with maxed out options (biggest cpu, etc.) I bought a new hard drive, a new battery, and a new power supply. It's really nice, but my T41 is kicking it's royal [censored] performance-wise. It d...