So I was working on my laptop (Dell Inspiron n4050 Windows 7 Ultimate) and I had to head out for a while. I left the laptop on and when I returned, this was on the screen:
I rebooted and ran the Diagnostics Tool after pressing F12. These results came up.
So I understand that my hard drive is not working. I searched a lot about this particular error and it turns out I need to replace the hard drive. Also I can't seem to find any information regarding the message "self test unsuccessful status = 3".
Is there any possible way to recover the data on the hard drive externally, as in by using a connector to another PC?
What other steps can I do to ensure that the data is not lost?