Satellite C660-21Q wont start

Hi guys, new to this forum so bare with me!
I dropped my laptop last week, on its side. Now when I turn on, it is on a black screen with the white blinker at the top left hand side. After a while, the "Toshiba" loading screen comes on (where you can seleft f2 and f12 for the menus), after that the screen stays a blank black for a minute, and it comes up with the boot menu ( I think). There are four options;
HDD/SSD
CD/DVD
FDD
LAN
I can exit this, and lots of text comes up ( I dont know what it says, it goes away too quickly) and it takes me right back to the boot menu. When I click enter on all of these, they all say they are failed.
Can anyone help me with this situation?

> Now when I turn on, it is on a black screen with the white blinker at the top left hand sid
Yes it looks like the HDD cannot be found
Check the connection to the HDD. Maybe its loose
In worst case the HDD is damage and you will need to replace the HDD.
You will need a 2.5 SATA HDD.

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