Hard disk info not visible on the bios menu

on my Compaq CQ58-200ei the hdd is not shown..does this mean that there is a problem with the drive? This occurred after it has displayed a black screen.
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Try to reseat the HDD and load unit to bios and check if unit detects the drive or else it might be an issue with HDD.
Let us know how it goes!
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