Recent content by jazzy663

Mechanical hard drives are an imperfect technology. I guess no technology is perfect, but mechanical drives are especially notable. They can (and indeed will) wear out. When a drive will fail is almost purely based on chance. Sometimes they'll last a really long time, other times drives will...

It likely won't run very well. The iGPUs on those old Core i3/i5/i7s aren't good for gaming at all, and even the discrete card that that model notebook can come with is very weak. I don't recommend trying to play CS:GO on your laptop, sorry.

The best I can do for you is to suggest trying Norton Power Eraser. https://security.symantec.com/nbrt/npe.aspx

There is such a thing called 'drive-by downloads'. Whether or not these are viruses I don't know, very few of my computers have ever had malicious programs installed without my knowledge. However, if you have no protection, it stands to reason that you are vulnerable to these. I don't know all...

Next thing you know, they're going to be coming out with 'phwatches'.

There are people who will tell you HP is a horrible brand and that they overheat a lot, but I've been using HP computers for about 15 years, and I can say with some confidence that they're a good brand. I have to say, I really think you should have posted this question before making your...