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Newbie stuck on reinstall new hard drive
Hi there
I have a HP Pavilion laptop which came with Windows 7 Home Preinstalled.
On the back of the laptop is a coa product key.
Recently the hard drive failed. I was told that i could easily get a new drive which i have done and i have run the system test and the new drive passes.
However although i have a HP system recovery cd, i do not have any installation cd's for windows as HP don't give you any.
I've tried using the recovery cd but as the new harddrive has never had windows 7 on it, it refuses to work.
What do i do now?
Why don't HP give away the software with their computers. It seems fairly logical that maybe one day in the future you might need to install a new hard drive.
I'm not exactly enthused about paying £100 for the software when i clearly have a legal key on the back of the laptop.
So now I am kinda stuck. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thanks