Portege 3110ct: BIOS won't recognize new 20GB HDD

Just installed a P002608, 20GB hard drive in a Protege 3110ct, now the BIOS will not recogize the new hard drive.

I own a 3110 in which I replaced the harddisk for a 40gb 2.5 HD without problems
So there must be another problem !
Did you test your HD in another laptop or USB-HD-case ??
If okay, check the jumper-setting ( must be "master" ) and be sure to update the bios to the last version ( look at the toshiba-website )
It's allways a problem to install a new OS on these small porteges, be sure to format your HD initially to FAT32, NTFS will not be recognized !
On this forum you can find a lot of information about this subject ( use search-function )

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