bad hard drive? - WinXP Pro SP2

HD is a Seagate 40GB ATA internal drive (model # ST340014A). I'm replacing a
failed Seagate (same model). Put it in a working PC, saw it in Disk Manager
and formatted it in NTFS. Once that was complete, the word "Healthy" was
seen in DM.
Plugged it into the old PC so I could boot to CD and reinstall the OS, but I
see no messages on the monitor. The video on/off light just slowly blinks
on and off like it's not getting a signal. Checked all the cables and they
seem to be firmly seated. The HD spins up, but it's not as loud/active as I
expect it to be. Plus, when I try a Ctrl-Alt-Delete after awhile, I hear
two sharp noises/beeps from the HD.

I'm not a HW guy at all, so don't know what the significance of this is, if
any.

If none, any suiggestions on what to try next?

--
Mike Webb
Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
a conservation non-profit (501 (c)(3)) organization
Wood River, NE

Cari
Mon Apr 21 18:05:59 PDT 2008

Does the old PC power up to BIOS without the hard drive installed.... no
drives are required to get to the BIOS screen. Just RAM, PSU, graphics card
(+ monitor) and keyboard - oh and motherboard.
--
Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows

"Mike in Nebraska" <Mike_Webb@whoopingcrane.org> wrote in message
news:O%23a2gF%23oIHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> HD is a Seagate 40GB ATA internal drive (model # ST340014A). I'm replacing
> a failed Seagate (same model). Put it in a working PC, saw it in Disk
> Manager and formatted it in NTFS. Once that was complete, the word
> "Healthy" was seen in DM.
> Plugged it into the old PC so I could boot to CD and reinstall the OS, but
> I see no messages on the monitor. The video on/off light just slowly
> blinks on and off like it's not getting a signal. Checked all the cables
> and they seem to be firmly seated. The HD spins up, but it's not as
> loud/active as I expect it to be. Plus, when I try a Ctrl-Alt-Delete
> after awhile, I hear two sharp noises/beeps from the HD.
>
> I'm not a HW guy at all, so don't know what the significance of this is,
> if any.
>
> If none, any suiggestions on what to try next?
>
> --
> Mike Webb
> Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc.
> a conservation non-profit (501 (c)(3)) organization
> Wood River, NE
>