Replacing the HDD on the Envy 15m-BP112DX laptop

[philnolan3d]

The hard drive on my Envy 15m-BP112DX died and HP wants to charge $400-600 to replace it (it's only just over a year old). I've found the replacement drive that I can buy for $67 and also found an ifixit tutorial that is for a very similar laptop and looks fairly simple considering that I've built and upgraded computers before.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/HP+Envy+x360+m6-aq103dx+Hard+drive+Replacement/98654

My questions are. First, will that tutorial above work for my laptop? And second, once I get it installed will I be able to get the copy of Windows that came with the laptop to install on it? HP tech support seemed to imply that they have a download that I could install from a flash drive.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@philnolan3d 

>>>>  will that tutorial above work for my laptop?

I don't know but the tutorial is OK from my view.

>>>> Windows

Since your machine previously ran Windows 10, you can do a clean install W10 for free by using the media creation tool at the link below.

        https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The tool will allow you to make a bootable installation media (USB/DVD) and you can use installation media to install.

During the installation process if you are asked to enter a product key, check the 'Skip' box and W10 will install and then automatically activate once you are connected to the internet using the key embedded in BIOS of your machine.

Then you can install the drivers and available software you need from your PC's support page.

Regards.

[philnolan3d]

Thanks for the info.