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‎06-08-2022 03:33 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion - 15-au123cl
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Upgraded my hard drive, and now need to re-install Windows 10.  My computer did not come with any recovery discs.  How can I re-intall the same Windows I had on the computer prior to the crash? I do not want to spend $130 for software I already own.  Any help would be appreciated!  

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‎06-08-2022 03:59 PM

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@Cheffy70 

 

You can use HP Cloud Recovery tool (free)

 

         https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205

 

Or install Windows 10 yourself using (also free)

 

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

 

Windows 10 will activate itself using product key which is embedded in BIOS of your machine.

 

Regards.

BH
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