My PC will not reboot

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I'm not a hardware oriented guy. My PC was working fine and then suddenly it wont reboot. I turn my PC on, but no sounds, no error messages, nothing. WD, 80 Gb, Hard drive does not make a sound. I don't recall installing anything new. My dumb mistake is that I had no backup. Does it mean my hard drive is completely gone or is there any advice somebody can give me? Thanks, I'd appreciate any help.

P4, 2.8 Mhz
512 Mb Ram
80 Gb HD (Wester Direct)
Win XP Pro
 
Are the case fans turning on? When you look at your motherboard, are there any lights lit up (just wondering if you are getting any power at all - dead PSU)?

If you are getting power, but no beeps, try re-seating your memory sticks (ram). I brought my computer to a lan party and during the move my ram sticks came a little lose. Scared the crap out of me, as I was getting no beep, no HDD noise, nothing. Just case fans. Re-seated the memory and all was fine.
 
I should have given more information, here it goes in the chance somebody can help. Thanks.

When booting it only says:
"Reboot and select proper boot device or insert Boot media in selected boot device". Then it just sits there.

Here goes the info I could get:
Generic PC
Motherboard: Not sure, on the back of the PC is says: (ECA-ATX8300PRO)
Energy supply: 300W

BIOS Information:
Intel Corporation D865GBF DESLTOP BOARD
Serial Number; BQBF32807784

MAIN
MAKER OF BIOS: (NOT SPECIFIED)
BIOS VERSION: BF86510A.86A.0036.P07
PROCESSOR TYPE: INTEL PENTIUM 4
HT: ENABLED
PROCESSOR SPEED: 2.8 Ghz
SYSTEM BUS SPEED: 800 Mhz
SYSTEM MEMORY SPEED: 400 Mhz
CACHE RAM: 512 KB
TOTAL MEMORY: 512 KB
MEMORY MODE: DUAL CHANNEL

BOOT CONFIGURATION
PLUG & PLAY O/S: YES
NUMLOCK: ON

DRIVE CONFIGURATION
ATA/IDE CONFIGURATION: ENHANCED
PCI IDE BUS MASTER: ENABLED
HARD DISK PRE-DELAY: DISABLED
SATA PORT-0: NOT DETECTED
SATA PORT-1: NOT DETECTED
DATA PRIMARY MASTER: CD-RW 52X24
DATA PRIMARY SLAVE: NOT DETECTED
DATA SECONDARY MASTER: NOT DETECTED
DATA SECONDARY SLAVE: NOT DETECTED

BOOT
SILENT BOOT: ENABLED
INTEL RAPID BIOS BOOT: ENABLED
PXE BOOT TO LAN: DISABLED
USB BOOT: ENABLED
1ST BOOT DEVICE: 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE
2ND BOOT DEVICE: 3M CD-RW 52X24

REMOVABLE DEVICES
1ST DRIVE: 1ST FLOPPY DRIVE
 
Go into your bios, and look for a "boot device" menu or something similar. You want to set it to your hard drive. Let me know what you find there.

Currently it is not even looking at your hard drive. It is trying to boot from your floppy, then your CD drive then stopping there .(or that's how it looks to me anyways).

Typically, you want it set to:

1. boot from floppy
2. boot from CD
3. boot from HDD

in that order.... confirm in your bios that it IS checking your HDD!
 
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