2013 Imac loud spinning clicking noise after moving it

I just moved to a new city and always take good care of my imac when moving but after setting it up and turning it on for the first time after moving I'm getting loud spinning clicking noises and I was able to boot into osx but got wierd error message the home folder couldn't be found so I pulled the power plug to turn it off immediately. I know it's really complicated to change the hard drive on these things but is it maybe just out of position? What are my options here? I'm not trying to spen a lot of money right now. I was thinking maybe buying an ssd and connect it through usb3 or thunderbolt might be a good solution for now but can I run osx on an external hdd?

What are my options here? I'm not trying to spen a lot of money right now.
If you have AppleCare and/or are still under the standard warranty (1 yr), call Apple. Let them deal w/the problem. Accidental damage is not covered under Apple's warranty. However, you really do not know what happened to cause the noise.
If Apple does consider the problem to be accidental, you can report the damage to your credit card company if purchase was made w/one and report the problem to your Homeowners/Rental ins. comp.

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