Miscellaneous laptop discussions : use T30 40g 9.5mm 2.5" PATA HDD in Tosh Satellite 4005cds?

use T30 40g 9.5mm 2.5" PATA HDD in Tosh Satellite 4005cds?

23March2008
Greetings.
I have two Win XP notebooks (NBs) (1 w/ XPH & 1 w/ XPP).
The XPP NB is an IBM T30 with a 40gb 9.5mm 2.5" PATA HDD.
I also have an ancient Toshiba 4005cds Satellite NB
with a 4.1gb HDD and WinME.

I might source a 250gb WD2500BEVE 9.5mm 2.5" PATA HDD.
I would put 3 (NTFS) partitions on the 250gb HDD & install my
current XPP OS/Program partition on the 250gb bootpartition
via cloned images. I use DriveImage XML.

I am wondering about then putting the 40gb HDD to use by -
1) creating two partitions on the 40gb HDD;
1) formatting the 40gb HDD bootpartition as FAT32;
3) installing/transferring WinME onto the 40gb bootpartition;
4) using the 2nd 40gb partition as a portable backup
for the XP NBs by using the UltraBay 2000; and
5) using the 40gb internally in the Toshiba 4005cds
when I am "at home" and have all three NBs at my disposal.

A) I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM (IF POSSIBLE)
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE THE 40GB HDD
IN THE TOSHIBA SATELLITE 4005CDS.
The following »
www.softwareforless.com/indspecs.asp?partid=682569
claims its HDD is compatible with the 4005cds.
It seems the HDD dimensions (when converted to metric)
seem to match the 40gb HDD dimentions.
B) HOW SHOULD I FORMAT THE 2ND 40GB HDD PARTITION?
WinME can read/write from/to my NTFS HDDs when networked;
The 40gb HDD bootpartition would have to be FAT32
to have the WinME installed on it, correct?
Could I format the 2nd 40gb partition as NTFS?
The WinME 4005 could still read & write to the NTFS partition?

Any insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
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