Satellite M40X-112: can I use the 160 GB HARD drive

I have a Satellite M40X-112 lapptop and I want to upgrade my 80 GB to 160 GB internal drive.
How is know possible? (Toshiba hotline cannot give me an answer only that a 80 GB drive has been tried with these lapptop!). Anyone have experience with that?

I read several statements here in the forum about HDD upgrade on the M40X and it seems that there is a limitation in the BIOS.
The BISO will not recognize the 160 GB HARD drive and that is why you will be not possible to install an OS or you will not be able to boot from this device.

Please use the "advanced search" from this forum to find discussions on upgrading the HARD drive.

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