My notebook will not start up. what do i do?

Presario CQ56, Compaq
with Windows XP
Says, "No bootable device - - insert boot disk and press any key"

Please run the extended Tests on the hard drive using the bios Diagnostics Menu, post back the results.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Lockups-Freezes-Hangs/How-to-test-RAM-and-HDD-Hard-Drive/td-p/...

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