Quote Originally Posted by Robert M
The error message can be seen with the circumstances I described.
Just because a new drive is working does not prove the old one was not.

There is rarely anything wrong with a hard drive...regardless of what error messages indicate or lead you to believe.
Well... I'm sure the circumstances you describe CAN and even DO happen. But, "there is rarely anything wrong with a hard drive..."

PREPOSTEROUS!!!

"Thanks all! Turns out that it was the "hard drive" I installed one from another pc, & it fired right up!"

I think the above comment is enough evidence to conclude that the original HD was LIKELY the problem...