Any ideas...!?

Hi,

I have a Medion MD96290 running Windows Vista Home Premium which I have not used for years. I tried switching it on but Windows wouldn't load, it just went to a straight to the old MS-DOS kinda screen and asked for passwords. Anyway, after going through many different screens and nothing happening I downloaded a Vista Recovery Disc and managed to get some more modern looking windows (!) got to the System Recovery Options menu and tried Startup Repair, however I was told:

'Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically'

With the following details:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
Problem Signature 01: ExternalMedia
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: 0
Problem Signature 04: 65537
Problem Signature 05: unknown
Problem Signature 06: NoHardDrive
Problem Signature 07: 0
Problem Signature 08: 0
Problem Signature 09: unknown
Problem Signature 10: 1168
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Any ideas clever computer people!? I have no clue! Many thanks in advance

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It sounds like your hard drive has gone to the great beyond