Originally Posted by 7dustfan

Did you actually format the hard drive on your friend's system?

If so, it could be because he had firmware 2.20 and it installed some system files to the drive. It shouldn't be asking you to update your firmware just to install a hard drive.

I would recommend either trying to format the drive with a PC or putting your 40 gig drive back in and installing the update online and not from a cd.