Qosmio G50-129 - Can't run Windows 7 SP1 on large HDD (1TB)

Hi,
I have a G50-129. I have replaced the primary HDD with a 1TB unit which works fine. Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installed and all of the drivers are installed, too, including the Robson drivers which include the Intel Matrix Manager.
I then tried installing Windows SP1 and I get a catastrophic failure. I also tried the Windows Update Standalone Installer, which fails with error 0xc8000247.
I have seen a number of threads, here and elsewhere, which cite the Intel SATA drivers as being in need of an update. The SATA controller seems to be the ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller.
I have downloaded the latest version (IATA89ENU.exe ver 12.0.0.49974) and still get the same problem.
Can anyone suggest anythying (apart from put the old disk back in)?

Thanks, both.
I think the problem is the sector size - SQL Server is complaining about the sector size being 3k (it says that Master data and log files were created on a 4k sector size and that the sector size needs to be that or less and it's currently 3k). I guess that it means that it must be 4, 2, 1k or 512 bytes. I asked Tosh if I could put in a 1TB drive and thay said it should be OK but may need a BIOS update. Mine is fully updated.
I tried sfc /scannow and it reports corrupt files it can't fix; I rebooted and re - ran with the same result.
I can't install the System Update Readiness Tool - it also errors.
CHKDSK has started but got to the 1 second to press any key to skip and has just hung there - none of the usual info about the disk it's working on . The disk light is flicking, though, so I'll keep waiting for a while.
If that does nothing I'll re - install Windows from scratch with the Intel Rapid Storage Driver loaded when it asks for the disk to install on and see if that helps.

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