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04-02-2016 11:05 AM
Hello there
Broke is a very loose term for a HDD, and if the HDD has some life left in it, then a clone may be possible.
You dont need recovery disks, you may want them to return your system back to factory fresh, but changing to another OS that you own means you do not need recovery disks.
As has been explained the situation with drivers and apps means that you can struggle to achieve a stable system, and the factory fresh approach negates all that grief.
If there is life in the old HDD a set of recovery media may be able to be produced from it, possibly a clone would also give that option, but it only a remote possibility.
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