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Battery Dying When Laptop isn't turned on

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I have a HP ProBook 450 G3. I've had it for about 2.5 years. For a time I wasn't using it becuase I built my own desktop rig about 7 moths ago, so it's been sitting in my laptop bag with very limited use (probably used 4 times in that time span for a couple of hours) but now after charging the laptop fully, then storing it and not using it for a couple of days I turn it on and the battery has lost almost half it's full charge, or more. I checked my settings because I have it set to turn on automatically when I open the lid, so I thought maybe when I shut it down and then close the lid, that maybe it's turning back on or going into sleep mode, but I don't see the hard drive light flashing or anything. I tried to turn off that setting (to turn on when I open the lid) but even though I turned the setting off it still does it. Does anyone know what may be the problem, or is it just possibly a old worn battery issue, is there a program i can use to check the health of my battery? I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64.
 
lithium ion batteries have a shelf life of around 2 years - and that's whether they are used every day all day or not at all.
as soon as they are manufactured, the lithium starts to oxidise, nothing you do can stop that.

many people buy two batteries when getting a new laptop. they store one thinking it'll be good to go when the current one starts to die.
nope.
then there are others that buy a 'still in the original packaging' new battery off ebay - you guessed it - same issue.

when getting a new battery, it needs to be freshly minted or repacked with new 18650 battery cells (being the most common).
 
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