I've had my laptop for so long I can't even remember whatever I had before it. The HD is fried. Unpredictably, it will corrupt the boot volume, bluescreen and die, requiring a format. I've done it so many times, I can reinstall the OS, the drivers and all the programs I need in under 30 minutes. Still, sometimes it works for a week, sometimes it dies twice in a single day.
Anyway... this is how far one goes when they can't afford a new PC.