HP laptop won't work

Hi all you tech savvy people out there I really need help!!!
My HP laptop with Windows Vista won't start and has the following message and I don't understand what it means.
Boot Device Not Found
Please install an operating system on your hard disk
Hard Disk (3FO)
What do I do ?? I don't have any software as the laptop was purchased second hand....
Thanks to whomever can help
mother1710

Exactly the same problem here.
Sometimes my Hp G56 loads properly and then sometimes it will freeze while using it and will not respond. When I reboot it comes up with:
Boot device not found
Please install operating system on your hard disk.
Hard disk (3F0)
then an address to hp's support page for startup issues which didn't help that much..
Sometimes if do a hard reset and leave it alone for a while it will work properly the next time but it's not always as easy as that..

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