Boot Disk Disabled

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This happened all of sudden to my XP Pro system. When I power my system up it displays the Gateway Logo and stalls for a while then the BIOS screen comes up and the following error:

Primary Master Hard Disk Error
Press (F4) to Run Setup

After I press F4 ==> Boot ==> Hard Disk ==> Select

System displays

1st Hard Drive [Disabled]

I press Enter

System displays

ST312002A
Disabled

I select the Diasbled option and I tried toggling the Disabled setting with Rt Arrow, LF Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow, + sign, - sign, PgUp, PgDn Nothing happens!!!! I am clue less, don't know whats going on. Is the hard drive hosed? Is there way to Enable the drive, if so how? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Sounds like the hard drive has failed (this is NOT an
absolute guarantee). Is the system in warranty ? Has
anyone removed the computer's cover recently ?

When you look at the BIOS screen (where it says DISABLED)
you might try putting the cursor on Disabled and hitting
the ENTER key . . .

Good Luck !

>-----Original Message-----
>This happened all of sudden to my XP Pro system. When I
power my system up it displays the Gateway Logo and stalls
for a while then the BIOS screen comes up and the
following error:
>
>Primary Master Hard Disk Error
>Press (F4) to Run Setup
>
>After I press F4 ==> Boot ==> Hard Disk ==> Select
>
>System displays
>
>1st Hard Drive [Disabled]
>
>I press Enter
>
>System displays
>
>ST312002A
>Disabled
>
>I select the Diasbled option and I tried toggling the
Disabled setting with Rt Arrow, LF Arrow, Up Arrow, Down
Arrow, + sign, - sign, PgUp, PgDn Nothing happens!!!! I am
clue less, don't know whats going on. Is the hard drive
hosed? Is there way to Enable the drive, if so how? Any
help will be appreciated. Thanks
>
>
>
>.
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