I'm looking to replace a failing Seagate drive, ST31500341AS (1.5 TB 7200 rpm 3.5 inch 32mb sata)

I think I can still get a replacement of the same model hard drive, but thought I might upgrade a bit.  Any suggestions? I'm considering a Seagate FireCuda SSHD, ST2000DX002 (2 TB 7200 rmp 3.5 inch 64mb sata)  Will this be compatible?

Not 100%, but I think I have an R-2 (that's what my manual lists).

Another question...the failing drive apparently has a bad sector or sectors; can I clone it with an image (Macrium) that has skipped the bad sectors? 

Thanks for any help!