Does it show the OS X utility window on boot?

Question

macOS

When loading, the laptop froze and it was decided to turn it off by holding the power button for a long time.
Then this window pops up. Can you help me figure out where the problem is?

The laptop is not mine.
Possible OS 10.9.5 Was
not updated before the crash
Time machines were not turned
on Valuable photos on the disk
UPD: The disk has come to an end

Answer 1

The utility is launched from the system boot partition. This means that the disk was not found and there is nothing to boot from. Select disk utility, look at the available disks. You will be unpleasantly surprised.
However, you already figured it out. Look what happened to the disk.