Hard drive failed?

[Bruin]

My brother has a hard drive that appears to have failed. 40 gig Western
Digital. No error message, it just fails to continue to boot-up after
POST, memory test, IDE detection etc... it just stops. No apparent HD
activity, no looking for any other boot media, no matter how I set it up,
nothing. Installing this on any computer (I tried several), any IDE port,
master or slave, the computer this drive is attached to just stops booting.
Weird eh?

BIOS sees it just fine but I can't use a boot disk to attempt use any
utility as it stops the boot process when attached.

Anyone see this before?

Regards,
Joe S.

 

[WebWalker]

Download the HD diagnosis program the HD maker.

 

[Bruin]

Download the HD diagnosis program the HD maker.

Can't, as I said, it requires that a boot disk works, although I appreciate
the reply. Reposting the original text below in hopes that it will have a
better chance of being read by someone who has seen this before.

My brother has a hard drive that appears to have failed. 40 gig Western
Digital. No error message, it just fails to continue to boot-up after
POST, memory test, IDE detection etc... it just stops. No apparent HD
activity, no looking for any other boot media, no matter how I set it up,
nothing. Installing this on any computer (I tried several), any IDE port,
master or slave, the computer this drive is attached to just stops booting.
Weird eh?

BIOS sees it just fine but I can't use a boot disk to attempt use any
utility as it stops the boot process when attached.

Anyone see this before?

Regards,
Joe S.