No Operating System Found, no known damage to Laptop

MelpomeneTears

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I was using my sony vaio laptop today and set it down. I was gone for several hours and when I returned it was a black screen that said "Operating System Not Found". I had never had this before so I restarted the computer and the same thing happened. I unplugged it, removed the battery and still the same thing. I looked up some information and went into the bios to see what showed. It shows the hardrive as 0GB, but I'm not sure if that means it's not detecting the drive at all or if it's just not reading the space available on it. What can I do at this point to try to fix it?
 

MelpomeneTears

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No the laptop is older, I think I got it in like 2009.

Would I find the manufacturer diagnostic utility just on the company's website?

Thank you for the help.