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‎08-11-2019 03:19 AM - last edited on ‎08-11-2019 01:10 PM by Retired

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Product: G5407ru
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)

Desktop G5407ru,(Windows 7 Home Basic OA CIS and GE)

 

HDD is damaged. Are there any possibilities to restore OS?

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‎08-11-2019 03:30 PM

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Greetings,

Welcome to the forum.

I am not a HP employee.

 

You can download Windows 7 (W7) here (Link). I think this site only offers English.

 

This Microsoft tool will let you convert the downloaded W7 ISO file to bootable Windows 7 installation media (Link).

 

You can get W7 drivers for your PC at this (Link).

 

You could try to clone the current W7 install on the failing HDD to a new HDD or SSD. Check out tips on doing this at this site (Link).

 

No guarantee it will work. A good clone depends on the condition of the bad HDD.

 

 

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