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Desperately need help here
New here obviously and have a big problem I need help with. So about 2 yrs years ago I got a system unit from Best buy and it has been great up until yesterday. My hard drive completely crashed on me and in the process it deleted the the factory restore partition. Also, I failed to create restore discs (i know i know). So I got a new SSD 80gb to install the OS on and I also got a 320g HDD for files.
Here is the problem, since I didn't make restore disks (with fresh install this wont help anyway?) I have no OS on my system, a new HDD and no install disk. I have a OEM key with a legit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium but I have no way of installing it to my new drive. I need to figure out how I can make an install disk to install it to my new hard drive. I've been googling all day trying to figure it out but I haven't found anyone with my exact situation.
My mother has the same OS as mine (Win 7 Home Premium) on a laptop (no install disk either), is there any way I can take the setup files from her computer, burn it to a disk and install a fresh copy on my new HD?
Keep in mind, I cannot get past my Bios on my old system so any fixes involving Windows 7 don't help me now.
Thanks in advance.