Re: Unable to update BIOS on Satellite A660

My Toshiba Satellite A660 laptop's (psaw3a-07t00r) harddrive failed so i bought a new one (WD500BEVT) when i put it in the laptop and try to install windows it tells me
"This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk, ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in computer's Bios menu"
In the bios the only option i could find related is the SATA Controller Mode which when changed to Compatibility it will not boot from the disk and just shows a blank screen.
So i thought i would update the bios, i borrowed a harddrive from a friend and installed windows to it along with all the current drivers and toshiba programes but when i try to update the BIOS it tells me
The programe will be closed
There is an error occured, Please check below items.
Bios version is above 230.
Battery capacity more than 20%.
AC is attached
So i'm not sure what the issue is as i have the power attached and that battery is full.

Hi xaver
Thank you so much for your reply.
I bought the laptop second hand and it had a seagate 160gb harddrive in it i forget the model number. i dont see any reason why the new harddrive will not work :( as it works fine in my friends laptop which is the one i'm using the current harddrive from.
Yes i have tried setting defaults and also other solutions found on the microsoft website that did not help at all :(
Anyway i will buy a different harddrive, can you suggest one?
Also i am very interested in why the bios update will not work could this be a problem with the computer?
Thanks, Paul
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