Yeah! Finland is quite a nice country to live..even for someone like me that is used to be a bit warmer climates! I have a couple of German friends as well..from Berlin.Nice people. I even studied German for one year but it was a long time ago..
Yes..I know what you mean. Your english is very understandable, no worries! I have done some re-flashing on computers before and it was ok. Maybe it depends on who manufactures those. No point in trying to take it out from the motherboard though..I never liked HP but it was the only laptop within my budget..