Satellite L40-17M - new HDD installed, Vista won't run

Hi guys
I installed a new compatible 500GB Hard drive and using the original toshiba product recovery disc, attempted to install windows vista
It partitioned the drive and got as far as the 'starting windows up for the first time' message and after a minute or so I got this message ...
'Windows setup could not configure windows to run on this computers hard drive'
I attempted the above 3 times with the same result
I'm pressuming the recovery disc will perform a fresh install on a blank hard drive, any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated indeed as I've searched high and low on the internet for answers and have had little luck

Thank you for your reply
Thankfully I understand full well what compatible means and I have no idea why you are under the impression that my original hdd was 120gb, it was in fact 320gb
There was no problem with connectors, connections or dimensions
The 500gb hdd slotted in perfectly and the laptop is handling the capacity perfectly well
The problem, was as I had suspected with the Toshiba recovery disc
I needed a new install disc, which I obtained, used and activated vista with my product key and my laptop is back up and running and working very nicely indeed after spending most of yesterday downloading updates :)

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