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TL;DR: BSOD on Lenovo Laptop. BIOS gave me 2 different reasons: error code 0xc0000185 EFI Hard Drive (WDC WD10SPZX-24Z10) Boot Failed

Took laptop to a local repair shop. Guy said HD messed up his diagnostic testing machine, HD is shot and he can't recover any data. Told me to ship it to a specialist company in California for anywhere between $200-800. He wants $150 to swap out the old HD for a used Solid State HD and diagnostic testing, plus parts/labor and I'll get my old HD back too. I HAVE NOT PAID HIM YET. He still has my laptop.

**EDIT** TL;DR: BSOD on Lenovo Laptop. BIOS gave me 2 different reasons: *error code 0xc0000185* *EFI Hard Drive (WDC WD10SPZX-24Z10) Boot Failed* Took laptop to a local repair shop. Guy said HD messed up his diagnostic testing machine, HD is shot and he can't recover any data. Told me to ship it to a specialist company in California for anywhere between $200-800. He wants $150 to swap out the old HD for a used Solid State HD and diagnostic testing, plus parts/labor and I'll get my old HD back too. I HAVE NOT PAID HIM YET. He still has my laptop.

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I wouldn't put much stock in their diagnosis, unless you have money to blow. Friend took his PC in and they said he needed a new PC. When my friend declined and had me check it out, I just pulled the PCI card out first (eliminate all unnecessary components when narrowing down the cause) and it booted fine. PC tech shop couldn't do this simple step of finding a shorted PCI card.