Also, try the laptop's BIOS set to all defaults.
Trying to fix a friends laptop that refuses too boot. I have checked the hard drive in another computer and boots no problem. When I put the hard drive in the laptop it tries to boot but fails. There is no option for safe boot or any error messages or error beeps.

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