Error message, hard disk -(3f0)

I was browsing my laptop and then I closed a tab. It lagged and then went to a screen which says that the boot device is not found,that I needed to install an operating system and that my hard disk doesn't exist... Please help!!

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           Disconnect the HDD and then reconnect the HDD. Then run the F2 diagnostic test. If the test fails, then you have to replace the HDD and then reinstall the operating system using the recovery disk.
If the test passes, then you can reinstall the Operating System using the recovery disk.
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