New 320GB Hard Drive isn't recognised.

I have a Compaq V6560 which came with a 80GB hard drive (Sata) & I bought a new 320 GB but when trying to re-install Windows 7 it won't recognise drive. Bios is useless as there's no 'advanced' option. The motherboard is a Quanta 30cc & bios is up-to-date I'm sure (F.59) so not sure what the problem is. If there's a capacity problem (i.e. this pc will only allow 250GB) is there a way around it as it seems a bit silly. Thanks.

There could be a couple of differnt things going on.
The 320 GB exceeds the limit imposed by HP. On the dv9000 series HP has imposed a limit, based on CPU manufacturer for the second bay (100GB for Intel & 160 GB for AMD) this is according to an HP chat responder's supervisor.
Your model may be using a SATA I controller that does not detect a SATA II drive (assuming your 320 is SATA II).
You can read more on the Western Digital site here and a related article here These are from the WD knowledge base
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