Can I restore Windows 10 onto a replacement hard drive from my recovery discs

[pbaustin]

Hi,

I have a HP Envy 750-177c with a 2TB hard drive that is failing.  If I purchase a replacement drive of equal or greater size can I then use my recovery discs to install Win 10 on it and create a new boot drive?

Thanks.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

You should be able to.

Worse case scenario if the recovery disks don't work is you can always reinstall W10 for free as follows...

You can make a W10 USB flash drive installer with the Microsoft Media Creation Tool, using an 8 GB flash drive using another Windows PC, if your PC is not working.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

If you are asked to enter a product key during the installation process, select the 'I don't have a product key' option, and W10 will install and automatically activate once you are connected to the internet.

Here are the steps to create the W10 USB flash drive installer...

Select Download tool now, and select Run.If you agree to the license terms, select Accept.

On the What do you want to do? page, select Create installation media for another PC, and then select Next.

Select the language, edition, and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) for Windows 10. You want 64 bit. 

Select which media you want to use:  USB flash drive. Plug in a blank USB flash drive with at least 8GB of space. Any content on the flash drive will be deleted.

After W10 installs, you can install the drivers and available software from your PC's support page.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-ENVY-750-Desktop-PC-series/8499646/model/8901961

[pbaustin]

Hi Paul,

I had to wait for my replacement drive to arrive but that worked perfectly.  Thank you for the advice.

Phil

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Phil.