How to upgrade hard drive on a compaq f700

I have a compaq presario f700 with a 80gig hd and i am try ing to upgrade to a 250 hd. I have tried several method, copying, cloning the drive, and reinstalling vista on new drive, but none work. is there a size limit for this system, has any one had sucess doing this?

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This is a compaq f700 what do you know about them?
Not much but because the original hdd was an 80GB one the lappy is a bit old (I had a lappy with a 40GB as a PATA hdd). If the 250GB fits in it means a SATA hdd but only 80GB so most likely the first SATA connection. SATA II drives have more capacity than 80GB (250GB for example). HP laptops are designed for the current standard components (BIOS settings). It means that you can't simply use a component incompatible (manufactured later in old laptops) with the BIOS settings (whitelist). These are listed in the service manuals. Have a look in the manual for a compatible drive and get one. This is the best solution you can get because the hdd has been tested in a laptop from that series..
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