Satellite L300D-242 - cannot install Vista after replacing HARD drive

Hi wonder if anyone can help mei have a L300D_242 toshiba satellite that broke down and I bought a new hard drive for it because the original was not good.

I tried to install a Vista premium 32 bit on the new hard drive, but it does not install until the 4th stage and then stops or hangs until he finishes.

Does anyone know how to install a new hard drive and windows on this laptop?

Thank you

Hello

What Vista did you use? TOSHIBA recovery disk or a disk of Microsoft Vista?
Format you the new HARD disk before starting the installation of Vista?

It is possible that the new HARD drive is not good and therefore the system can not be installed properly
You can check the drive HARD using a tool called Drive Fitness Test download this as its a freeware program and test your HARD drive.

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