Toughbook gone soft

[caviterruptor]

I'm trying to replace the hard drive in my Panasonic Toughbook w/ PIII, XP, & a 12G IBM HD replacing a Fujitsu 12G'er that was apparently corrupted (...no save to disk file...?).

Loading Windows XP fails, giving the following (in RED):

"System will not boot.  Hard drive not found.  Save to disk feature disabled.  Insert removable hard drive..."

How do I introduce the new hard drive to its coworkers?

Thenz in advenz,

C

[GX1_Man]

Did you load the hard drive on this machine or is it expecting the hardware of it's former residence? If blank, is it a model known to be compatible with the Toughbook? Is it seen in the BIOS?

[caviterruptor]

HD is blank/refurbished.  I see BIOS in Set Up mode, but don't understand.

How do I determine from BIOS if the IBM HD replacing the original Fujitsu HD is compatible with this Panasonic Toughbook?

Thx,

C

[Backdated]

It should be compatible unless IBMs protection routines have been set up.
Does the BIOS setup see the drive correctly?