That sounds ... not good. 8-o
Do you have any other Macs that take IDE/ATA drives? All I can suggest is re-formatting the drive on another machine and reinstalling the OS there (select Custom-For any Mac) then moving it back to the B&W
Do you have any other Macs that take IDE/ATA drives? All I can suggest is re-formatting the drive on another machine and reinstalling the OS there (select Custom-For any Mac) then moving it back to the B&W