Dell xps won't start after power cut

[Schnibs]

Hello

after searching on google with my problem this seemed the place to ask.

So yesterday there was a power cut which turned off my computer, so 5 minutes later i go to fire it back up and there is another power cut during the boot up i think.

Now whenever i try to boot it up i get an option to start in variouse safe modes or regular mode but every time it begins loading windows it hits a blue screen. :sad:

If i put the dell resource cd in to repair or reinstall windows it says

setup did not find any hard disk drives installed

(so im guessing its a hard drive problem)

ive also tried to clear the cmos which some1 said to try but with no difference.

Any help would be appreciated

cheers

[Schnibs]

Anybody got any ideas at all?

[dcc]

Have you checked in the BIOS to see if the IDE 0 is still enabled? You could also just try clearing the CMOS.