I have a HP laptop, that probably has a bad hard drive (it has been going into disk check mode on boot for awhile showing indexing problems, etc). However, its is a decent laptop, has a core I5 processor, Windows 7, 4GB of RAM, etc.. However, the period key is sticking too (probably just needs to be cleaned). I don't have the patience to reformat it, or the physical strength to take it apart and replace the drive, etc (I am suffering with Lyme disease). Is there anyone out there that might provide a good price and/or donate some time to take a look at this laptop and let me know if its is worth reformatting for my Mother? She is disabled and cannot afford a new computer and has a very, very old Dell laptop (Windows XP). So, this would be a much better laptop for her, if freshly configured. She is having a lot of problems with hers - it is super slow and wont stay connected to the Internet consistently. All she does is check email via outlook express, and gets on IE for minimal purposes. If anyone would like to or can help, please comment or PM me...Thanks in advance!