Macbook Pro HD died/not recognized after latest Java & airport update..

Hi,
After the latest Java & airport updates, my mbp won't startup.
The only thing i see after the chime is the questionmark folder.
Holding the option button during restart to choose the bootdisk doesn't show the harddisk.
I've resetted pram & smc and that also doesn't fix it.
The mbp was connected to the charger and the battery almost full.
Hope somebody can help me, have been searching but didn't found no answers.
Did found somebody on the forum with a similair/the same problem
12-4 by JerryN
[quote]I'm having an even worse problem. After the update, my Macbook Pro won't start up at all. It makes the start up tones, but the screen stays black.
Anyone else having this problem?[quote]
have replied to him.. let's see if/hope he got a fix
thanks in advance
Message was edited by: KoenL

Antonio, I'm going to try the instal disk tomorrow(it's almost 02:00 over here, and i'm at my girls house). If the harddisk is recognized, i will try the hardware check and see what's wrong.
Firewire mode is still working, so maybe with a little luck i can access it from my PowerMac. Did this before on my old Powerbook 12inch, when it gave up working properly.
Can you believe this.. Because i needed all the space of my external hd, i copied all my music to my mbp's hd tonight.. didn't expect this to happen.
Before i went to my girls house i was thinking about putting it all back, but couldn't wait..
I don't think apple is going to replace my hd on warranty, it's more than 2 years old.
My mbp has served well and i'm waiting for the arrendale 15 mbp's, when they arrive i'll order one and will swap the harddisk for a ssd. Then i can put the hd in my santa rosa mbp.
But if you think i can try asking apple for a replacement harddisk, i will try..

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