Actually once you followed a simple logic the problem was solved by
yourself.
You checked it out in another PC and knew it was bad
You then tried a known working HD and proved the system was good.

They soemtimes die
People die also
here today gone tomorrow.

Most electronic things go on startup
Although they can go anytime


The controoller was not the cause
Mechanical would be the heads binding
Electrical could be anything



"Axcel 4630" wrote in message
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Thanks for the replies guys but... The HD is the problem here. It won't
fire up on any other PC. I used another HD in the PB and restored the
original PB Win95 OEM pkg and that HD works fine. Just never had a HD
die before and wondered if the HD controller or some other mechanical or
electronic failure is the cause.

Picking up rock, tossing it at study room window of Ben Myers house,
sound of glass breaking, oops! Hope that gets his attention, probably
hiding on the clone.dell group.