Hard disk problem - need help!

[Guest]

I ran scandisk last night and shut down computer when completed, but left
room before windows shut down was complete.

Tried to start laptop this morning and received following messages:

Principle hard drive not found
Fixed optical drive not found

Was able to get to set up and changed boot to CD to try to boot from there
and received following message:

No bootable devices

Any ideas on what may have caused this to happen and where to go from here?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I ran scandisk last night and shut down computer when completed, but left
room before windows shut down was complete.

Tried to start laptop this morning and received following messages:

Principle hard drive not found
Fixed optical drive not found

Was able to get to set up and changed boot to CD to try to boot from there
and received following message:

No bootable devices

Any ideas on what may have caused this to happen and where to go from
here?

This does not appear to be a Windows problem but a hardware
problem. You need to get into your PC's BIOS setup to find out
what's happened to your hard disk. On many PCs you need to
press the Delete key on your keyboard to get into the BIOS. If
this does not work, check the manual that came with your PC.

For further assistance I recommend you post your question in
a hardware newsgroup or ask your friendly PC dealer for
assistance.