Max HDD size for Satellite M30

Hi all,
I recently aquired a Toshiba Satellite M30 notebook with a defective HDD, Im just wondering what is the maximum size drive I can put in this thing, I have a 250Gb drive I can use, but dunno if it will be able to address the drive at its actual size

On this old notebook model you can use HDDs with IDE connector only and, as Akuma already wrote, there is 128 GB limitation so I recommend you to buy 100GB IDE HDD and I think it will be OK for this old notebook model.

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> The following question is mainly to be addressed to authorized Toshiba support personnel
I think you are in the wrong area if you are looking for an answer from an authorized Toshiba support.
This is a Toshiba user-to-user forum! You will meet here Toshiba notebook owner and enthusiasts who share knowledge and tries solve problems but nobody from Tosh :(
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