[Off-topic] Dr.Ocularus:
Good evening my fine friends! Before I delve into my situation I would like to take this oppertunity to thank EVERYONE who makes this awesome interchange of knowledge possible.

From the "idiot troll patrol" to the mods who keep them fools in check and all of my XDA brothers and sisters on here who help contribute and bring solution... My deepest grattitude. Thank you ! :highfive: :good: :good: :good:

Now my dilema.. Does anyone know if lenovo sold a version of the "Lenovo Y700 15ISK" ideapad that was strictly SSD WITHOUT a actual physical hard drive?

Every reference and review I have found to the Lenovo Y700 15 ISK shows specs and size of a HDD >>AND<< An SSD drive and Ive yet to Find one that Only has ssd.

The reason I ask is my son took his lenovo Y700 15ISK Laptop to a small computer repair chain store ( Who shall remain nameless as I do not want to slander them IF I AM WRONG) Because the laptop was stuck in a windows BSOD repair loop... The tech said the unit wasnt worth fixing due to some "unknown hardware failure that he couldnt pinpoint..." BUT he could copy all of the files off the laptop onto an external drive to save the photos and stuff for $150.00 onto a 2 terrabyte external that he sold him for twice what it was worth.

Well, I got it home and started in on it with Universal windows boot and repair disk... Hirens BD and several other utility windows 10 boot devices-usb/boot disks ect...... well I kept running into Windows cant boot due to "error code: Everything from irq is not equal to or less than and 10 other error messages so I decide to maybe put a hard drive in it I know is good to see if that may be the problem and when I cracked open the laptop... low and behold there was no actual HDD as one would expect BUT you could see on the thin sheet of protective mylar/aluminum foil that There had in fact been something there at one point in time.

And unlike the rest of the inside of the laptop the area where the actual hard drive went DID NOT have an inch of dust and debris.. so something WAS there and the repair store is saying there was never anything there...

I even went as far as contacting Lenonvo and the tech I spoke to said that ALL laptops come with Both an actual HDD and SSD and none just came with only an ssd. (slight chance they were wrong possibly but highly unlikely.)

Can anyone chime in and help me here... If they are TRYING to scam me I am going to wreck this chain store... My father (R.I.P.) was the Fire chief of the Sacramento metropolitan search, rescue fire protection District. ( The fire department.) and when the word gets out this guy is ripping off the family of the Fire chief who has passed away...

This could lead to their fire permits being denied to a host of other "technical snafus" that the brotherhood of fire fighters silently enact on those who misuse one of their own...

For their sake I hope someone can show me EXAMPLES (as in multiple instances, Reviews or sale ads) of models that are minus a hard drive as I dont particularly want to see this go bad as all I want is what is right... the freakin thing cost my dad $1,500.00 when it first came out...

IF you have first hand knowledge of this PLEASE enlighten me...

Holler at me before Monday ( 3/2/20)... Its when I go to talk to him again.

Thanks Y'all!!!