bad hard drive? - WinXP Pro SP2

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Mike in Nebraska

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?
 
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.
 
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