Hey Molten,
I think as per your info provided i think u said it was a new computer just
check wat OS Copy u have it is a Retail or OEM if it is Retail then ask
Microsoft Customer Care if it is a OEM then speak with your manufacturer of
ur PC support its a policy that the Manufacturer installed SW or HW they have
to Provide Support

"William Anderson" wrote:
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> Hey there Molten,
>
> It sounds like you may actually have a bad hard drive. If this is a new
> build, you should be able to return it for an exchange. And also, they may
> be able to dupe the drive contents from the old to the new so you don't have
> to reload. But if it's coming up with a drive not found error, I would start
> there.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Will
>
> "molten_dragon" wrote:
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> > I recently built a new gaming PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. I got
> > everything installed and running properly and it worked great for about a
> > week. Then, a couple days ago everything started to go pear shaped. I
> > wanted to wake the PC up from sleep mode, when I hit the power button, the
> > case fans and everything came on, but the monitor wouldn't come on and
> > nothing came up. I gave it a couple minutes to see if it was just slow, but
> > nothing was happening. So I powered down the PC manually and restarted it.
> > When I restarted it, it seemed like everything was okay as it came up, I
> > briefly saw a message that said something like "No any drive found" or
> > something. When windows came up, it said it was installing updates like it
> > had when I first installed windows. However, it eventually got to a screen
> > where it said "installing updates step 3 of 3. 0% complete. It would stay
> > on this screen for about a minute, and then it would re-start the computer.
> > The cycle would then repeat itself. I let it go through this about 10 times
> > to see if it would work itself out but it never did. This is all that
> > happens when I power on the PC now. Even if I start in safe mode it still
> > does this. Any ideas on how to get it running normally again without
> > formatting and re-installing Vista?[/color][/color]