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‎02-01-2024 09:07 PM

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Product: G62-340US
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
  • I've been working on my neighbors old G62-340US laptop on and off a little over a year. It was supposed to be a simple "Restore to Factory Setting" but everytime I tried it would fail at final reboot. I even tried my own MS installation disks but they were upgrades only. Then I thought I'd wipe the active partitions and reformat the drive, but learned that I had wiped what I believe was the MBR and so I put the laptop back on the shelf until I can find a d/l or buy the OEM disks for that model. Any suggestions or an I on the right track now that I botched it up?! 
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‎02-02-2024 07:46 AM - edited ‎02-02-2024 07:52 AM

HP Recommended

W7 is not available for download anymore from Microsoft.

 

You should be able to reinstall from an upgrade disk though:

 

Clean Install Windows 7 With Upgrade Media and Product Key on Formatted or Empty Blank Hard Drive « ...

 

Clean Install of Windows 7 from a Windows 7 Upgrade disk? - Microsoft Community

 

If not, then the only other suggestion I can offer would be to order recovery media for the PC from this vendor:

 

Computer Surgeons - Windows 7 64B Recovery Kit 629985-001 For HP Notebook PC Model Number G62-340US

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