When it tries find the hard drive to startup the harddrive disappears

I have tried booting it up from the startup disk and when it tries to find the harddrive to install on it takes a long time to find it then the icon disappears off the screen and I can't select anything

Sounds like a dead HD.
Is the "startup disk" (really the install disc) the one which shipped with the MBP? If so, run the Apple Hardware Test: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

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