Inspiron 600m hard drive not found

hi,
I was using the inspiron 600m notebook and suddenly the system crashed.
When I tried to reboot , I got an error message saying "No Bootable
device found" , I rebooted and entered BIOS setup to find the primary
hard drive field blank. What are my options now , is it easy to replace
the notebook hard drive on my own or should I send it to Dell to check
it out. My warranty expired last year.

Any links to other troubleshooting sites will be helpful.

thanks,
Sriram

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