Presario CQ61 - Boot Device not found, Hard dis not exist

Hi i bought my presario CQ61-405AX 2nd hand roughly a year ago and it was almost new, my laptop was running fine, and then it froze, and so i had to turn it off, after i waited 30min for it to unfreeze, it now, when i boot it up, appears with a black screen, with the error
"Boot Device Not Found
Pleae install a operating system on your hard disk
F2 system diagnostiscs" 
I went onto hp support and followed the prompts until it did a hard disk test and the error, "Hard Disk Not Exist" appeared
I have no idea how to fix it, i am running Windows 7 home premium, and i fear i may have to buy another hard drive
Thank's in advance
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Hi,
The most likely explanation is that your Hard Drive has failed and will need to be replaced, however as a further test, try the following.
1.  Create a bootable Ubuntu CD - a guide on creating an Ubuntu CD and the download can be found Here.
2.  When created, follow the guide on the link below to Try Ubuntu.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install
The 'Try Ubuntu' option runs the OS from the CD without the need to install on your HDD.  If this runs Ok ( it will be slow running from a CD ), this would tend to confirm that the problem is with the HDD.
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