New HDD just WONT accept windows 7 from 250gb to 750gb

Well tbh it's the 3rd drive I've had. I returned 2 thinking they were damaged. The drive does work as I have had it tested. I'll get the full specs and let you know the outcome. Thanks again very much.

strollin said:

I wonder if you cloned the 250G drive to the 750G drive, instead of doing a clean install, whether it would make any difference.

Yes I've tried cloning and when I put destination drive and select ok, it just drops. Goes no further.

Hi there. I attached a link to the cloning process (it's important to note where the new drive is supposed to be located). This link is from Acronis, hope it helps.

Paul

Sorry forgot the link ...
Cloning Laptop Hard Disk | Knowledge Base

Paul

wel, ive tried the jumpers and no joy. after more research i have found out that it may be the BIOS as after trying BIOSagentplus it states bios updates available. the laptop in question is a packard bell mx37-s-200, will be windows 7 ultimate. and current BIOS is 219 by american megatrends. i cannot for the life of me locate just a .exe file later than 214. again many thaks for any info. :)

I've done and run diagnostics tools. Still no nearer. It recognises it in the tool. But now only as 7.9gb when using the windows install cd. :-/

I also notice when using the install cd that when it shows 7.9gb I click refresh and it says no drives where found. Then backup then install windows option and it shows up again. :-/