If the system is using WPA (Product Activation), booting
the HD in a different machine will cause it to become un-activated,
and then it would be harder to fix the original machine.
They "could" test it as a slave in "any" machine...

When they said "boot" here, they actually meant "POST".
The machine is "totally" dead.

                                                Rick Glazier

From: "Ericson Russ"
>You can call around to your local computer repair shops. One will likeky have a machine >that can emulate your mother board and 
>test whether the HD will boot a system.

From: Richard Glazier
>>Something as "funny" as a defective HD "can" kill the boot...
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