Defecttive hard drive

If this model Acer has a SATA controller then yes you can, but if it does not have a SATA controller then you can only install a ATA hard drive up to 80 Gb capacity.

No drivers required in Windows. Instead check BIOS. It must be listed there!

This laptop supports Parallel connection for hard drive. Most PATA or Parallel ATA hard drives can only support up to 320Gb. There are some PATA hard drives up to 500gb. To answer your question, there is no problem on how huge the size of the hard drive. Just make sure you get a PATA hard drive. :)

~jash

Hi,
Seems like your hard drive is malfunctioning, try another HD. That 80gb is already obsolete and the circuit board might have some defect.
If you could pull out the underside circuit and clean the gold contact points and try it again, if still not working...... buy a new one!
Check also the jumper and cable it must be in the "master" configuration.

Hope that helps you out!
Thanks for asking FixYa!

You would have to buy a IDE/ATA 2.5" Hard Drive at 4200 rpm.

You can buy a 80GB one here.

The model number is Seagate ST9808210A

Its about $56 dollars.

You can not use a sata converter on the motherboard.

Definitely a hard drive problem, you'll need to replace the drive and reinstall all the software.

check the power cord of your hard disk. It should be tight not loose, if not solve then change the power cord.

SATA, I am leaving you a webpage for more information on your laptop.

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_5920.html

BlueRay discs require a BlueRay drive to be played. Will not play in a regular CD/DVD drive.

According to the specs I found online, that has an Ultra ATA 100 hdd, which is IDE. You should be able to go online and just order a new IDE internal LAPTOP/NOTEBOOK drive (2.5") and drop it in. You'll have to then install the OS.

Let me know if you have any other questions.