hello,

i have an usual problem but its new t me. my hard disk failed to initiate. wen i switch on my laptop its not booting in to os. and it show hard disk failed to initiate and not detected.
what shall i do now. how to recover my data ?? how to repair my hard disk ? btw the hard disk also gave some crashing sound wen it was booting in to OS. plese give me a suggestions. am a new user . thank you!!

"crashing sound" = physical issues = NOT DIY

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