Hard drive not being recognized

scooterbts

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My hard drive suddenly stopped working and I dont know what to do. I am great with software issues but have no idea how to fix this. Message says:

No boot device available, wait for Enter key to retry.
SATA 1: Installed
SATA 2: Installed
SATA 3: None
SATA 4: None

I have done all the basics. Can someone walk be through what to do so I can try and get all of my stuff back and computer to working condition again?
 

scooterbts

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It is a Dell Studio XPS. We have a hard drive installed and had an external connected through UBS which I have now disconnected. It appears to be working fine. I do not have a backup of the system that I am aware of.
 

scooterbts

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How do I move the SATA cable? I am a novice at all of these things so can you help walk me through?