Need recovery disk for replaced hard drive on HP 2000-365 DX Notebook pc

[VFP_PRO]

Had to replace hard drive in a friend's HP 2000-365 DX Notebooke pc and need Windows 7 Home Premium recovery disk.

[CherylG]

HP doesn't stock Recovery Disks past 5 years. Some members have used this third party site:

http://www.computersurgeons.com/p-22036-recovery-kit-667564-001-for-hp-notebook-pc-model-number-2000...

[WAWood]

@VFP_PRO

I heartily recommend the approach that @CherylG suggested as that will restore the original PC state, including drivers, HP apps, and the OS.

If that does not work, however, an alternative is to use this site: https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-iso-download-tool
Download the Windows ISO Downloader.exe file and run it.
When the window opens, select the Windows tab in the upper-right and then click the Windows 7 radio button.
Under Select edition, choose the Windows 7 SP1 OEM Home or Pro -- to match what you have.
That will download an ISO file of the same OEM edition that HP uses.
You can then use the free RUFUS tool to create a DVD or USB stick from that ISO file and then use that to install Win7 OEM.

[CherylG]

The only caveat to downloading an ISO is you must be able to read the 25 character license key from the COA label attached to bottom of laptop-which by now is often scuffed and illegible. Well, that and you will likely come up short on some drivers and need to get them from your Support page.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-2000-300-notebook-pc-series/5145724/model/519372...

This would actually be my preferred method but not knowing if a poster has tech skills to convert an ISO, do a clean install and install needed drivers makes me hesitate unless asked specifically about it.