Replaced crashed Hard Drive but dont have the Recovery disk/USB Drive or image

[Brandon199]

Had to replace a crashed hard drive in a HP Pavilion p6202f for my parents however they have lost the Recovery Disk or USB drive. Since the factory hard drive crashed I was unable to create a Restore image to load to the new drive. Where can I get a copy of the factory restore for this PC.

[ITGuy1887]

Hello,

I understand that you need to reinstall Windows onto your new Hard Drive. I have found the following like to assist with your Windows re-installation media, which was due to a crash Hard drive:

HP PCs - Obtaining PC Recovery USB Drives or Discs

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bph07143 

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[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Brandon199 

Unfortunately HP no longer sells recovery media for that model series.

However, you can still order W7 recovery media for your PC from this vendor at the link below...

http://www.computersurgeons.com/p-18122-windows-7-premium-64-bit-94nav6pra1-recovery-kit-gv405av-for...

[Deejinoz]

If you can't get Windows reinstalled perhaps try using Ubuntu, instead:

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

[Brandon199]

Thanks for the information, I was finaly able to install Windows 7 on it and found all the drives from the HP web site.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.