Hi

I'm very new here and I'm not a pro, but I have long experience with PCs.
I have 2 of the notorious DTLAs and had to solder Data/Pwr pins, also soldered once a resistor that fell off a vidcard. replaced resistors on mobo.. so u see ..

My problem is with a IBM DHEA 36840 HDD, that while instaling winXP gave data errors and at next reboot, PC hangs just after the drives list at 1st screen. the hdd was alone as MA on primary.

Moved to a newer PC, it was still recognised properly but BIOS didn't hang, it booted to windows with hdd trashing i.e trying to access the HDD. it couldn't.

IBM DFT (Drive Fitness Test) also recognised the drive properly but gave "Device Not Present" error. and so any low level recovery/MBR changing app.

I have no data to recover. but i would like to get the HDD back to working state (its a C:\ on my backup PC). and I hate giving up .

What is your diagnosis ? and suggestion on what to do/try ??

Thank you in advance