THe BIOS sees ... right-click\tools\format but I can't see the drive using Explorer or My COmputer for some reason.<BR><BR>I do not have a install disk or boot disk for the HDD.

Using an extra old HDD I had -- Maxtor , which was working fine in another machine. Used the "autodetect" setting for IDE Primary Master in SoftMenu BIOS. Fdisk, format, install Win98SE and all ...