Dell Inspiron 8600

Hello, I have a Dell computer that has a hard disk failure on drive 0. If I go into the bios (f2) there's no option to highlight any drive. All it will let me do on that page on the bios is change the time and date. I can change the boot order on the second page but I tried everything from reinstalling Windows XP and not recognizing a drive to making sure everything is connected correctly. I'm not sure what to do at this point and I would appreciate it greatly if I could get some help with this issue ASAP. On top of that I really don't have the time or money to spend and go out to buy a hard drive. Any answers are welcome so feel free to help me out.

Thanks in advance,
Devon.