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Can I use recovery disks on a new hard drive on a dv4? (748 Views)
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Can I use recovery disks on a new hard drive on a dv4?

‎01-26-2012 12:05 AM

I know the hard drive is toast in my dv4. Can I use the recovery discs I made when I got the computer to load a new hard drive?

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‎01-26-2012 12:26 AM

Yes you can. That is the purpose of having the recovery media.

 

Replace your hard disk with one that is of equal or larger capacity. That does not mean use a larger than 750 GB hard disk unless yours had one installed when delivered. 



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‎01-26-2012 01:25 AM

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Re: Can I use recovery disks on a new hard drive on a dv4?

‎09-27-2012 04:02 PM

Why then after receiving the Factory restore Disks, can I not restore the new Hard Drive?  Tech support says I must have the SAME size 320g HDD and not a 500g drive.

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