Upgrading HDD for T41

[Foxfire]

I have a T41 with 40GB HDD which I would like to upgrade to to an 80 GB as the 40GB is full.

The problem I face is that I do not have the discs for Windows XP Pro which came with the laptop or any of the other utilities IBM includes.

Can anyone advise/direct me on how I can upgrade my HDD successfully with a full operating programme. I have heard about cloning, but already confused how i can do this with a laptop

I have an external drive a WD 250 GB Book, could I clone all the data onto the WD and then onto the new drive? I also have DVD writer with the T41.

The HDD I am trying to install is a Hitachi HTS 541080G9AT00 80 GB.

Please be gentle with me, as I am not a computer Guru. Please do not blind me with Jargon.


Thank you in advance

[cmarti]

foxfire,

Follow this link it wil help you clone your drive it's very easy.

HD CLONE

Credits go to BillMorrow.

[tomh009]

Bill's article refers to difficulties with T40 and T41, but suggests that up-to-date software can handle the T40/T41-style HPA. However, people that have done T40 and T41 disk upgrades say that disk cloning software simply cannot clone the HPA on those systems. I have not personally done a T40/T41 disk upgrade, but there definitely appears to be an issue with the HPA.

Here is some very information on upgrading the HPA on the T40 and T41:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=13814