Help! No Destination volume available on my Macbook

[jessecam]

Recently, my macbook shut down and now when I try to boot it back up I get a blank grey screen. I booted from disk to archive/install but when I get to the "Select destination volume" step there is no disk to choose from. This is the same when i go into disk utility, the only option I have is the install CD. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Is all the information on my hard drive lost?

Thanks,
Jesse

 

[logana]

More than likely your hard drive is failing or has failed - if you don't have a backup then I am afraid that you will have lost your files....

It is a 5 minute job to replace the hard drive on your MacBook with a new one.

 

[jonbravo77]

Can you hear any clicking from the palm rest area when it is sitting on the grey screen? If so, that means HD failure. You will have to get a new HD. Try to get an external case for your old HD and if someone has DiskWarrior you can try to restore some info, or you can buy DW for $99. It may not work, but it's a try.

If there is clicking on the HD it is safe to assume that nothing will get the info back.

Sorry..

Edit: I should have said in the first paragraph that if you don't hear any clicking then go get DiskWarrior.