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How much am i looking at to fix
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Replacing a HDD on a mbp is a relatively beginner level task. I would suggest that if you are not under warranty, look into buying a replacement from somewhere like newegg.com or amazon.com and perform the fix yourself. You may need a Torx screw driver, and will definately need your install discs.
If you are really really not comfortable, then my estimate is somewhere around 80$ for labor + cost of hard drive. FYI Apple will only put oem hard drives back in which are marked up in cost (and perhaps a worse brand than you would buy independently).
ALSO, if you decide you would like to give it a try, send me a PM with your serial number so I can determine your specific model. I can then send you a pdf of the instructions. OR if you already know your model; i.e. mid 2009 mbp or whatever, just share that instead of serial number.
When you say "It has a fried HD, potentially more damage" - do you know what actually happened to cause the fried HD and why there might be other damage? Replacing the HD is pretty straightforward (and an opportunity to get a better one of SSD), but if you've potentially got other things damaged, that's more of a concern (says someone who's MBP won't currently turn on...)
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Do you actually mean your hard disk? What makes you think that specifically? What issues are you actually experiencing?
Only reason I say so is because apparently the laptop has been looked at by bestbuy but couldn't fix it? So the person bought a new laptop, but im thinking maybe he just got suckered intobuying a new laptop rather then bestbuy just fixing the basic issue.
Indeed, there's lots things that could potentially go wrong with a computer other than the hard drive, though admittedly the hard drive is a common cause of failure, as contains moving parts (unlike SSDs)