MBP cannot find disk from start-up utility

I'm working with my friend's MBP, and it won't start up. It shows a folder with a question mark on it.
Apparently, he downloaded Mavericks, but didn't install it. The next time he opened his computer, this happened.
So I held option while booting it up and I got to the start-up utility. I tried to repair the disk from disk utility, but the only disks are something like "disk0" and "Mac OS X Utlity" (I can't remember the name exactly. But there were only two.
All the options were grayed out no matter which disk I chose. Additionally, I tried to reinstall Lion (the only option) and it prompted me to select a drive to install to, and none were available.
Is there any solution to this, or is the computer dead? What could have caused this?
Thanks.
Message was edited by: TechnoSam

The computer isn't dead, but the hard drive probably is.

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