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MAC Laptop - No Boot Loader

Hi,

I have a mac laptop that starts to a blue screen.

I went to DU and no hard drive is there.

I held Option on reboot and I see a flashing folder with a ?

How can I fix this?
Do I need a new hard drive?
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??
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More than likely the drive has failed. Less likely the controller failed, but the hard drive is the most likely... Can you hear a knocking chatter from the drive as you power up?
You need to replace the drive. Usually this happens when a HDD is dead.
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