Welcome to our forums gypsymoth.

First of all, im really sorry about your father.

Second of all - what your computer tells you is simply that it cannot find a bootloader, and that's probably because of this message:

"Detecting drives. No drives found"

Seems like something might have happened to the setting, SATA controller or the HDD itself. Can you enter BIOS setup ( F2 or DEL ) and verify the settings for primary drive ? Check this and post the results please.

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