put win 11 back on my pc after replacing dead hdd.

[Glider2101]

I had to replace a dead Hard drive in my HP laptop 17-cp0196nr. How do I put windows 11 back on it?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You have two options:

Use the HP cloud recovery tool on another PC to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall Windows, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook on the new SSD.

Here is an info link for how to use the utility.  You will need a 32 GB USB flash drive for this.

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool in Windows 11 and 10 | HP® Support

You can download the cloud recovery tool software from the Microsoft Store.

HP Cloud Recovery Tool - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

Since you have to use the software on another PC, you will need to enter your notebook's product number in the tool's search window when you launch it to proceed to create the recovery drive.

Your notebook's product number is 518W4UA#ABA

Your other option would be to make your own plain W11 USB installation flash drive with the Microsoft Media creation tool at the link below (2nd option).  You will need an 8 GB USB flash drive for that.

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

Boot from the installation media and install Windows 11.

After W11 has completed installing, you can install the drivers and available software from your notebook's support page.

HP Laptop 17-cp0196nr (518W4UA) Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Support