Boot Device Not Found on my laptop

[Steve9697]

Hi. I have a HP Notebook laptop that is not booting up anymore. It locked up on me for a good while and I had to switch it off by holding the power button. Now I'm getting a message 'Boot Device Not Found. Please install an operating system on your hard disk. Hard disk (3F0).'  Can anyone suggest how I can get it going again? Thanks

[WAWood]

@Steve9697 

This issue is almost always due to a failing drive.

If your PC is new enough to support UEFI, you can use these steps to test the hard drive: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00439024

If not, to check the drive you have to follow these steps:
1) Press Esc key repeatedly, several times a second, while rebooting the laptop. Do NOT hold the key down, just press it over and over.
2) Eventually, you will see an HP Startup Menu
3) Press the Function key for testing the hard drive (usually F2) and let it run.

[Steve9697]

Thank you for getting back to me WAWood. I was able to run a test and it's coming up Failure Hard Drive. Is there any way I can fix this to get back up and running?