Satellite A300 - HARD and the Installation of the OS disk replacement

Hello world

I watched a few videos online regarding how can I do to replace the two HARD drive in my laptop Toshiba Satellite A300 PSAG4E-04901CEN. However, I have a few inquires before that I undertake this task:

(1) are there any recommendation to which HARD drive should I buy for this laptop. I want something affordable with speed and relatively good ability.
(2) how I would go about installing Windows 7 OS on the new HARD drive. I have to update my BIOS and drivers when I finished installing?
(3) are there other guides (written or video) that you would recommend that I go through before making the replacement?

I appreciate any help on this matter.

A few days ago a friend of mine asked me to help. HARD on its A300 disc was defective. We bought the new 250GB SATA HDD, succeeded him, and after that, I installed Win7 32 bit.
Now the machine works perfectly.

Do not do anything as the BIOS update. Just put the new HARD drive and launch the installation of Win7. All the necessary drivers, tools and utilities, you can find and download from the Toshiba download page - http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp

Here's how I installed all the stuff on A300 friends:
-Win7
-chipset driver
-Storage Manager
-display driver
-driver sound
-modem driver
-utility supervisor
-infrared
-patches
-configfree
-VAP
Hardware - toshiba
Control - HDMI
-WLAN driver

Everything works well but lacks some drivers

Added Vista tips:
Toshiba - help - working properly
-Card reader - installed correctly
-Webcam driver for A500 - tested with Skype - works correctly.
Driver - Synaptics

Win7 works well and I am very satisfied.

If you need help more made me know.

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