How do I install my new hard drive?
I recently purchased a Wetern Digital Scorpio 250GB PATA HD for my Toshiba M35X-S114. This was the drive recommened on the Toshiba Laptop Accessories page. I physically instaled the new drive but can't figure out how to get it started. I used the System Recovery DVD for my computer thinking I could install the original software on the new hard drive. The guy on the tech support phoneline said I could. When I tried to use the recovery disc I got all the wall to the message where it prompts me to "press C for continue or A to abort". When I press C, the cursor moves right below the prompt and just blinks. The tech support line said the process may take several hours but I let it do this for for 3.5 hours and the cursor was still just blinking below the continue/abort message. Is this normal? Do I just need to be patient? When I used the recovery disk on the old, original hard drive my computer was completely recovered in 45 minutes. Oh, BIOS reads "none" next to hard disk. I hpe this helps.
If the bios doesn't recognize the hard drive it means one of three things.
The bios doesn't have 48bit addressing support built in so it won't recognize a hard drive over 137gbs in size. There is no work around for this. The only option is to use a 120gb or smaller hard drive. While the detailed specs for that model state ATA-6 it doesn't ensure that the bios does indeed have 48bit addressing support, although it should.
The hard drive is not plugged in all the way. Try reseating the hard drive to make sure it is making a good connection. You might need to do this a couple of times.
The hard drive is defective. In this case it would need to be replaced.
One thing to check is to power on the system with the hard drive installed and the drive bay cover off. Put your finger on the hard drive to see if you feel any vibrations coming from it. If not, then the drive is either defective or not plugged in fully. If you do feel a vibrations it more than likely means the bios doesn't support a drive that large or there is some internal problem with the drive.
Until the hard drive is properly recognized by the hard drive you will NOT be able to use the recovery disk on it to restore the operating system.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.
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