So my hard drive died. It's making beeping noises. From what I heard a thingamajigger got loose and can't connect to the kerfluffle.

God, I'm so bad at this.

What I wanna ask is this, I guess. I don't intend to try to fix it myself, I'm just scared I'll be losing everything and it's the middle of the night. What would have to happen to a hard drive to make it impossible to restore the data? I'm gonna take it to the computer doctor in the morning and listen what he says. I'm just hoping someone here can reassure me so I can focus on my presentation