HDD replacement on Satellite A60

I have an old Toshiba Satellite A60. The old 30gb Toshiba HDD (MK3025GAS) has died. I have bought a 60gb Toshiba HDD (MK602GAX) as a replacement.
My problem is that I can't get the bios to see the new drive and boot off it. The bios for the old dead disc says under 'Built in HDD = Primary IDE (1F0H/IRQ14)'. With the new HDD it says 'Built in HDD = No Drive'.
Using a cd, I have installed Ubuntu onto the new HDD. The ubuntu installation cd sees the new HDD and allows me to format it and install Ubuntu. When the installation has finished and I try to boot Ubuntu up, nothing happens and the Bios menu still shows 'Built in HDD = No Drive'.
If I run Ubuntu from a cd I can 'explore' the 60gb HDD and see all the installed Ubuntu files. I just can't boot the PC from the HDD or get the BIOS to acknowledge it's presence.
I am a bit confused and don't quite know what to do. Ideas Anyone ?

For me it sounds like compatibility problem. Unfortunately there is no public document where we can find info about all compatible HDDs.
To be honest Im really wondering why the new HDD is not recognized properly. Problem is that you cannot force notebook to recognize every HDD or RAM.
What to do now?
I dont think that some BIOS update will help so Im afraid you must look for new or other HDD and test if this will work or not.
I presume this 60GB HDD was not new one, right?

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1. I would like to replace it with a bigger capacity drive. What capacity (gb) and speed can the A60 support ?
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As far as I know the old Satellite A60 supports an IDE controller.
This means that you have to use an IDE 2.5 HDD (ATA).
As far as I know the older IDE controller are limited to 128GB due to 28bit LBA (logical bit adressing).
So maybe you should start with an 120GB HDD which should be compatible even if the controller would be limited to 128GB.
But ATA-6 standard (also called UATA-100) supports 48bit LBA so in such case its not limited to 128GB. You can check the HDD controller using some freeware tools like Everest Home Edit or SANDRA soft to get details about the controller built in the A60.
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2. The clamping latch in your CD drive may have worn to the extent that it does not lock the CD in position correctly. This will also cause a wobble in the disc as it spins and the accompanying noise.
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You description ssounds not very good ;(
The hardware malfunction seems to be responsible for the vertical lines on the screen
If the vertical lines appear also an external display the board could be wrong.
Youre right, I have googled and it seems the Sat A60 supports an internal memory.
As far as I know such memory cannot be removed and only a electronics technician could solve such internal memory problem.
But are you sure that the internal memory is corrupt. The unit supports only 256MB of internal memory and other modules are removable
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