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Laptop freezes immediately on boot up
So my laptop is getting fairly old at this point (5 1/2 years) and earlier today I got a message saying "Windows detected a hard disk problem" And stupidly I didn't heed the warning to back up all my files instead I just continued using my computer as normal and shut it down when I was done.
I tried to boot it up again and now it wont load at all. It gets stuck immediately at the Asus screen which usually only comes on for a couple seconds and then loads Windows. I cannot press F8 to get into Safe Mode. I cannot get into the BIOS screen. I can't do anything at this point with the computer. Does this mean the hard drive failed completely and that's why I can't load Windows? (there were no weird noises coming from the hard drive so that's why I didn't think anything was really wrong with it)
Is there anything I can do to try to fix the hard drive if that is the problem?
Any help or ideas appreciated. Thanks.