Leopard install on ibook lost hard drive

I tried to install leopard on my macbook and installation completed. the system restarted and the installer came back. My hard drive is no longer recognized and I cannot get the install disk out.
Any ideas on how to get my hard drive back?

Hello Dave:
To get the disk out, restart your computer while holding the mouse click down.
You indicate that the installation completed - that should not happen.
Assuming you were able to eject the disk, I would boot from the install disk and run repair disk (not permissions).
Barry

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