[lendaddy]

Weird deal, I dropped my laptop from a very low height last night. I had no fear anything was damaged and it worked just fine right away. I used it for another hour or so then went to bed. When I woke up and turned it on it came out of sleep just fine and connected to the net, I tried to browse and the screen went to that transparency look and locked up. When I restarted it says it cannot locate an operating system...it no longer sees my hard drive.

Any chance of saving this thing? I know I can pay big bucks to save data but can the drive be repaired straight away? Is it likely a mechanical failure or connection or something? or can I assume there is actual damage to the platters?

I tried to boot from CD but it can't locate an operating system install to repair...any advice is appreciated as all my emails and files are gone (nothing critical but a huge hassle).