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No matter what anyone tells you, the disks are no longer available. You are out of luck. Trash the hardware.

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@SorryHPbuyer 

 

I am not sure which model you were told there are unavailable for, but HP still stocks Recovery Discs for many (not all) Vista machines,  most Windows 7 & of course Windows 8 machines.

 

I assume you have an XP or early Vista model? In that scenario you should be able to get the here:

 

www.computersurgeons.com

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Actually, you can order recovery disks - I did a couple of weeks ago.

 

One word of warning though - they do not work. I ordered the Win 7 64 bid recovery set. It "worked" to install Windows and the rest of the HP installed software, BUT the way windows was installed, Windows Update would not work. All sorts of "fixits" and tutorials did nothing. I tried re-installing three times - same issue all times.

 

Worse yet - I call HP to get a refund for the defective disks - then instead want to send me to PAID support and refuse a refund. After 1/2 hour on the phone, just went to credit-card company and disputed. Product was defective.

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