Satellite S1800-100 HDD not detecting

Hi there,
I have just got an old laptop, the guy that gave it to me thinks that he had deleted the boot sector so it needed reformatting and reloading.
However I booted up into the windows 2k set up disk only to find that there was no HDD detected.
I then went into the BIOS to see if it was detected there to find that it isn't.
I just want to check that I'm right in thinking that the HDD is actually knackered?

Hello
It is possible that HDD is defective but there can be also defective HDD controller placed on mainboard. If possible try to obtain other HDD and you will see if new HDD will be recognized properly.

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