Replacing my laptop hard drive.

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This is my laptop...

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.....do?service=UK&PRODUCT_ID=106453&DISC_MODEL=1

...andthis is the hard drive spec...

capacity : 40 GB
certification : S.M.A.R.T.
height : 9.5 mm
drive rotation : 4,200 rpm
number of disks : 1
number of heads : 2
bytes per sector : 512
interface : Enhanced IDE (ATA-6)
buffer size : 2 MB
desktop or notebook? : notebook

I'm going to replace the hard drive soon for a 120GB (the largest notebook HDD available?) but i'm not sure about the specifications on some of the hard drives i have found, i don't know if some interface types are interchangable?

This is the one i had in mind anyway, anyone know if it would fit? Many thanks.

"Sorry"
 
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Another query is, i also bought a caddy so i can use my old HDD via usb aswell just for storage, is it possible to connect the new one via usb, copy the entire contents of the hard drive over to it, swap them over and then boot up using the new HDD with all my old stuff running as normal, i know it is possible to do it, but i can't remember whether it's that simple of you need a special program?
 
Got my stuff, when i put the new HDD into the caddy and connected it up via usb inc. the additional power cable to another usb port it was detected but nothing appeared in my computer. Apparantly i 'might' have ton format it but how if nothing appears? Is something faulty?

It also mentions a jumper setting but there are no jumpers on it, there are four pins in a 2x2 formation next to the main drive port, but no little plastic jumper!?
 
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