Hard disk problem

Legend1mhs

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The hard disk cover on the back of my laptop is pulled, and unfortunately i pressed on the hard disk and now it makes a noise sound and the laptop is stoping on the boot menu and asking to but a hard disk and i have all my data on the hard disk and this is so urgent
What can i do to turn the laptop on and get my data?
 
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Hey there, Legend1mhs.

Try connecting the drive to a different computer, either externally or internally as a secondary storage HDD, to see if the same thing happens again. Unfortunately if the drive is not properly recognized at least by the BIOS/UEFI of the computer, there's not much you can do. However if the drive is recognized at least by the BIOS, you could try data recovery software: https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-recovery-software-tools-2622893 and or try accessing it via Ubuntu Live USB/DVD, to see if that OS capable of accessing the drive.
Unfortunately having in mind the unusual sound it's quite possible for the drive to have sustained physical damage and that the best option might be a professional solution, such as a...
Hey there, Legend1mhs.

Try connecting the drive to a different computer, either externally or internally as a secondary storage HDD, to see if the same thing happens again. Unfortunately if the drive is not properly recognized at least by the BIOS/UEFI of the computer, there's not much you can do. However if the drive is recognized at least by the BIOS, you could try data recovery software: https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-recovery-software-tools-2622893 and or try accessing it via Ubuntu Live USB/DVD, to see if that OS capable of accessing the drive.
Unfortunately having in mind the unusual sound it's quite possible for the drive to have sustained physical damage and that the best option might be a professional solution, such as a data recovery company.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
 
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