how to instal windows xp in aspire 1613lmi

[lumimila]

I have an old laptop acer aspire 1613lmi. i bought a new hard disc TOSHIBA 100 gb.
I pleased it in my computer but don't function. I cant see eaven the HDD i bios. what to do. I tried, formating it in a PC. what to do.     

[patio]

If the BIOS is not recognising  it it's either faulty out of the box or your machine is too old to recognise a drive of that size...

To test this install it in another laptop machine and re-install it in yours.......