[Thinkpad] A20 lost its hard drive

For a friend (who is several hundred miles away...):

Hard drive can't be found on bootup or from a diskette boot.

How do we determine if it's drive or controller? (short of swapping the
drive, which doesn't appear to be an option)

Is drive fitness test any help beyond doing a dir from a dos prompt? If
so, is there a download site and how does he make the diskette image?

What do new drives run (10 gig now and probably adequate for projected
use)?

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