DVD Recovery Windows 7 pro dvd driver

[elliotjeyden]

Hello, I have a working 2011 HP Elitebook 8540w Notebook, I ask where and how I can recover I have to buy driver recovery DVDs and Windows 7 Pro OS. Thanks

[WAWood]

@elliotjeyden 

In the past, I would have recommended HP Recovery Media -- but HP has not carried that for Window 7 for some time now, so there is nothing you can order from HP.

Another site you should check for HP Recovery Media is: http://www.computersurgeons.com/

[elliotjeyden]

Thanks for the reply, also because with Windows 10 the drivers for this notebook do not work very well.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@elliotjeyden 

You didn't mention this specifically, but if your laptop is now running Win10, that means you upgraded it along the way from Win7 -- and unfortunately, that corrupts the HP Recovery information in the process.  Telling you this because if you try to do a factory reset to restore Win7, that will trash the laptop and render it unusable.

If you want to try reinstalling Win7 on it, then read the information below:

You can try using Windows images downloaded using the tool from this site:

https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-iso-download-tool

Click the Download: Windows-ISo-Download.exe link. This will download that file to your PC. Double-click that file to run it.

Download the tool, run it, and do the following:
1) Select Windows 7 at the upper right
2) Under Select edition, select SP1 OEM -- this is the same as the HP OEM edition
3) Click the Confirm button
4) Select the product language, click confirm button
6) Select either the 64-bit or 32-bit download
7) Select a folder to save the file -- it's downloading 4GB or so of data, so that will take a while depending on the download speed. The progress bar might not show any progress but when the download is nearly done, a window will pop open indicating the ISO file is being moved from a temporary download directory to the folder you selected. The screen will then say Download Complete.

Once you have this, you have a choice of media to create:
1) If you can boot from CD, download and install ImgBurn and use the Write Image to Disk option to create a bootable DVD.
2) If you can boot from USB, download and install RUFUS and use the option to create a bootable USB stick from the ISO file.