Macbook 2010 froze and wont boot primary ssd

My macbook pro 2010 froze all of a sudden and i forced it to quit with the power button held. That shouldn't be anything exceptional. Now the computer does not boot to primary ssd or even notice it with cms pressed, from secondary windows hdd or from usb live linux. any suggestions? Ssd still has its warranty but there are valuable stuff in the ssd which I haven't been able to backup copy because of studying abroad.. Any ideas? I will be back home in a week for a while and will open the computer and trying to reattach the ssd if nothing else won't work.
I've tried pressing cmd alt p r, cms shift v and shift and just alt. Nothing seems to find the missing ssd. The computer sis not move, it sis not run out of battery, it shows only white screen after booting sound but after that nothing, and a bit,longer it finds the secondary windows hdd. the OS is Yosemite. Or was.. Just if I could recover the files..

Based on your comments, your HDD is dead. Get a new one, larger and faster if can afford it and swap in your MBP. You will have to reinstall your OS and I hope you have a back up of your data.
Caio.

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I was watching a video today on my Macbook Air on iTunes. It has been working properly.
It suddenly froze and the escape key did not work. I forced a shut down.
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