Reinstall Windows 7

muzmalik

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My hard drive stopped working so i'm getting a new one. I was wondering how i would install windows 7 on it. I have the key on the bottom of my laptop.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion DV6 3000 Series
OS
windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 Q 720
Motherboard
I Don't Know!
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Sound Card
It's Personal!
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD Laptop Display
Hard Drives
1 650 GB Hard Drive
PSU
Battery
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Fan
Pull old hard drive, install new hard drive, boot off Windows 7 DVD and follow the prompts. Don't enter the key until you have rebooted several times and have all Windows Updates. Make sure everything is working correctly before entering your key. -WS
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell OP7010
OS
Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
Memory
16GB
Monitor(s) Displays
4 Dell 24" LCD
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Keyboard
Dell
Mouse
Dell Optical
Internet Speed
40meg
I have no DVD!

I don't have a windows 7 DVD HP is to cheap and makes a hard drive partion but my hard drive does not work.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion DV6 3000 Series
OS
windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 Q 720
Motherboard
I Don't Know!
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Sound Card
It's Personal!
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD Laptop Display
Hard Drives
1 650 GB Hard Drive
PSU
Battery
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Fan

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo IdeaCenter 450
OS
Windows 10 Pro X64
CPU
Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
Memory
16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 22" LCD
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
Keyboard
Dell USB
Mouse
Lenovo USB
Internet Speed
Cable via Road Runner 3MB Upload, 30MB Download
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MBAM Pro, MBAE
Browser
Seamonkey
Other Info
UEFI/GPT
PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Thanks
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion DV6 3000 Series
OS
windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 Q 720
Motherboard
I Don't Know!
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Sound Card
It's Personal!
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD Laptop Display
Hard Drives
1 650 GB Hard Drive
PSU
Battery
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Fan
Yes, I got HP recovery DVDs for $ 14.95 about 3 months ago !
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU
AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard
SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory
2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card(s)
Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card
on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
PSU
430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case
All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Keyboard
Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse
Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
Internet Speed
Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus
AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser
IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info
Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
HP charges $39.93($45 with tax!!) to Toronto. I'm going to look for the disks i made when i got it.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion DV6 3000 Series
OS
windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 Q 720
Motherboard
I Don't Know!
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Sound Card
It's Personal!
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD Laptop Display
Hard Drives
1 650 GB Hard Drive
PSU
Battery
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Fan
Or I could make CD using my Dell and just use the key on the bottom of my laptop. Would that work?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavilion DV6 3000 Series
OS
windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 Q 720
Motherboard
I Don't Know!
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Sound Card
It's Personal!
Monitor(s) Displays
LCD Laptop Display
Hard Drives
1 650 GB Hard Drive
PSU
Battery
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Fan
To clean reinstall without the bloatware you'll need a Win7 retail installation DVD. Some OEM installers will work if they are the Win7 Installation DVD and not Factory Recovery disks.

Here is how to get a perfect clean reinstall of factory OEM to avoid reinstalling the bloatware and useless utilities: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/125874-re-install-windows-7-a.html#post1086729

Hi I origional upgraded from Vista to 7 but now want to do a clean install on a new drive will the disk let me or will it restrict to the origional upgrade?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Motherboard
MSI Neo P43
Memory
4gb DDR2 5300
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 3600 512mb
Sound Card
on board

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
* BFK Customs *
OS
W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory
8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
Case
Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft 500
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
Other Info
1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
Muzmalik, I don't think making the recovery disks on a Dell will work for an HP, but try it. Won't hurt anything and if it does that's a good thing for other people to know.

I would still order the Recovery DVD from HP. It's a lot cheaper than a retail copy of Windows 7 though as Greg said, you get a cleaner, leaner install with a retail copy.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo IdeaCenter 450
OS
Windows 10 Pro X64
CPU
Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
Memory
16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Integrated HD Graphics
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 22" LCD
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
Keyboard
Dell USB
Mouse
Lenovo USB
Internet Speed
Cable via Road Runner 3MB Upload, 30MB Download
Antivirus
Windows Defender, MBAM Pro, MBAE
Browser
Seamonkey
Other Info
UEFI/GPT
PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
1) No, Dell recovery disks will NOT work on an HP machine for very scientific reasons which I will not go into here.

2) Spend $20 on the HP recovery disks for your model or buy a cheap win7 upgrade disk. The advantage with the latter is you can move it to another computer without issues, irrespective of the oem brand.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Too many to describe...
OS
Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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