Has my HDD died 0r...?

[robbie 348]

Have I done something stupid?
I had Zorin installed on my desktop, but it was a bit buggy, so I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04. All was going OK as usual with the install, format drive, mount point etc, then as I was entering my info, name etc, it just quit and said not enough space. Now my hard drive doesn't show in BIOS, I tried a live disc and nothing in g parted. If I try to re-install it says no drive detected.
Have I messed up or is it time to spend money? All ideas mucho appreciated, thanks, Rob.

[coldraven]

Try checking that the HDD cables have not come loose. If that fails then most likely the drive has died.
Good luck

[robbie 348]

Try checking that the HDD cables have not come loose. If that fails then most likely the drive has died.
Good luck

OK thanks. I did try new cables and NADA! Not looking too good right now. Maybe an upgrade to SSD is in order