Have you tried a new IDE cable?
Also, I have seen situations where things wouldn't recognize until the master/slave configuration was changed around. In theory, this shouldn't matter. I was unable to get explanations, but this turned out to be the problem.
I have had very good luck using Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD). It is necessary first to use a computer that can write to CDs or DVDs. Using the free download (~196 MB) on the working computer, you can create a disk that will boot into a (pretty much) full XP environment. Networking...
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