Internal hard disk is not visible in disk utility in Macbook Pro

Hi All,
I am trying to repair my mac. But in disk utility, the hard disk is not visible to proceed. Its showing disk0 -> volume with only 1.79GB. and all the options are disabled. The capacity of my mac book pro was 500GB.
Please help me in solving this issue
Thanks in advance....

So you've booted into your Recovery partition and you don't see any drives in Disk Utility to select in Recovery mode?
If the drive cannot be repaired, it's likely dead and you'll need to purchase a new internal drive.
Good luck,
Clinton
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http://www.hardmac.com/news/2009/07/13/stop-the-beeps-with-the-7200-rpm-hard-dis ks-of-the-macbook-pro
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