hi,
didnt quite now where to put this topic, since it seems my whole computer (which is brand new, mind u) is falling down around me  
This morning i noticed that i had the spyware (at least i think it was spyware) 'Windows Host Services'. So i decided to run my anti-spyware program to try to get rid of it (AVG anti-spyware, i tried to use Ad-Aware, but theres some bug that i cant install)
I left my comp on all day, as the full scan takes quite a while, and when i got home, it was on the bios screen saying 'missing operating system'
i freaked out a bit, but a quick search on my laptop said to run the repair on the vista disk and that would fix it.
So i did, and vista apparently found and fixed a problem, and then asked me to reset, which i did, only when i reset, the bios stopped detecting the hard disk at all!!!
I dont kno if all of those seperate events are linked, but if any1 has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be greatly appreciated
thanks in advance
matt
 
*EDIT*: realised this is prob more appropriate in the hard disk section, hav moved it over to there