New Hard drive in Acer problem

I have just bought a new hard drive for my Acer Travelmate4060 as it had died. I have fitted the lovely shiny new one, with no problems that I could see, but when I try to reload windows, it says I have no hard drive fitted. Is it just a case of getting windows to recognize the new hard drive?? How? help!

 

You will probably have to go into the Bios and set it to recoginize the new drive. here is some info http://compreviews.about.com/cs/pchardwarebasics/a/aaBIOS.htm and here http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bios-beginners,1126.html

 

When I go into the BIOS, I just can't find any way to get the laptop to recognize the hard drive. On the info page, the HDD model name and number is blank, and the arrow up and down, and Change values function don't work

 

Try re-seating the hdd into the connector. I do not know if Acer uses a ribbon cable or or a fixed connector.

 

You have a Manufacturer and Model Number in your BIOS?

Usually you just have drive geometry. Since this is a laptop, and with that tidbit of information, I'm wondering if your BIOS is vendor locked for hard drives. If it isn't one of the pre-encoded drives, it won't recognize it. Would be a great way to guarantee that customers came back to you for "upgrades."