To clarify my comment, the trigger of the issue here is a motherboard failure, and data loss is cascading from there. Sure Apple makes decision that can affect

To clarify my comment, the trigger of the issue here is a motherboard failure, and data loss is cascading from there. Sure Apple makes decision that can affect the outcome in this specific case, but other things happen to laptops (physical damage, loss, direct disk failure etc.). I would blame a pro user with valuable info for not backing/replicating it in case the laptop dies. Actually I am not even sure the laptop could go to repair with the data still salvageable in companies with strict security protocols.