Help me out plz  Imac cant find my Hard drive

hello im new to imac so plz help me out here my imac specs:
model: MA199LL
intel based 1.83 core duo
160gb serial sata
My problem is i turn it on and pop up the question mark, i know that it mean that cant find my hard drive, i already tried to put the restore cds and goes fine till i need to select the destination to restore or install clean copy, my hard drive is not there i tried looking on disk utility nothing there, i tried cleanning the pram using command option P R, nothing still the same it just cant find my HDD, tried as well shutting off for 30min then turn back on again , nothing, i've seen some cases that ppl saying that they open the imac case and the hdd was umplugged? dont know if its possible dont know what else to do plz help me out? thx

What message are you receiving? You can find DiskWarrior at the Apple Store or here - http://www.alsoft.com/index.html. It's about $100US.
You can boot from the DiskWarrior CD - http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/details6.html
If DiskWarrior does not resolve the issue, then you can try an Apple Repair Station. You've lost nothing in your attempt to self-resolve because you should own the DiskWarrior software anyway.
Good Luck,
-d
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