LARGEST HDD COMPATIBLE WITH SATELLITE 2595CDT?

HELLO,
I am new to this forum.
I have this problem.
I want to upgrade my 6.4Gb hdd of the Toshiba Satellite 2595CDT (acquired in U.S.A.).
I e-mailed to Toshiba America and their Storage Devices Division but they keep passing me on to local representatives. I ain't getting any answers from them so far.
My question is if the Satellite 2595CDT BIOS (updated to ver 8.20) can recognize natively larger hdd drives. My intention is to buy a 60 or 80 Gb drive.
Does any other Satellite owner have this problem?
Thanks for your help.
Radu

Thanks Miro,
Well big surprise here.
The local Toshiba Service said the Satellite 25xx serie can hold no more than 20Gb hdd.
WRONG!
So I called Toshiba Laptop Division in USA.
They CONFIRM without any doubt that the Satellite 2595CDT
can support up to 80Gb hdd. No more.
You just have to upgrade your BIOS to ver 8.20
I hope this is usefull for many of Toshiba satellite 25xx series.
All the best to you all.
Radu
[Edited by: admin on 21-May-05 08:08]

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