Gateway reboot laptop drive

[Laura Tuff]

Hello my daughter gateway laptop crashed and when I tried rebooting it this is what it say check cable connection..! PXE-EB3: Error while initializing the NIC PXE-MOF: EXITING Intel PXE ROM. nO BOOTABLE DEVICE--INSERT BOOT DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY. WHEN I TRY F2 FOR SET UP IT SAYS PRIMARY MASTER hITACHI HTS543216L9SLOCK

 

[WR2]

Hello Laura Tuff;

NO BOOTABLE DEVICE - The laptop is telling you it can't 'see' the hard disk.
It could be that your hard disk has failed.
What model of Gateway is it? How old? What version of Windows?