Cannot Detect

[Karant]

Ok, a friend wanted me to post this now that he can't use his computer anymore.

He boots it up, and it tells him his secondary (Windows XP installed on it) hard-drive cannot be detected. What can all be wrong?

 

[defakto]

harddrive may have died.

 

[dirtydr]

A little more detail such as a full system config and any other relevant information would be helpful

Generally speaking it could be a bad cable, drive, controller or a corrupted install. What specifically tells him the drive cannot be detected, the post screen?