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04-24-2020 03:14 PM
I had to replace the hard drive on my computer and I don't know what to do next. How will I get the operating system back on the new hard drive? I guess there is no way to get it from the corrupt old hard drive. thanks for your help.
04-24-2020 03:32 PM - edited 04-24-2020 03:33 PM
Your guess is correct.
If your PC is a 2016 model or newer, you should see if you can make a bootable USB recovery drive using the HP cloud recovery tool on a working PC.
The recovery drive can then be used to install Win10 and the HP drivers and utilities that originally came with your PC.
You will need a working PC and a 8GB USB stick to hold the recovery files.
Here is the link: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205
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