Upgrade to Hybrid Harddrive on m7-1015dx

I want to upgrade my harddrive on my m7-1015dx laptop. In the process of installing the new harddrive and attempting to install windows, i get error saying "Windows setup could not configure windows to run on computer's hardware." I believe the issue is the BIOS setting for harrdrive but with the Insydeh20 bios, it is not possible to change the BIOS configuration. Is there anyway to change the BIOS on this laptop and/or get this harddrive to work?
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OK. Read my previous post and follow the troubleshooting in the document I linked to at Seagate.
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