Recovery: Need to download Win7 to USB flash (replace bad HDD) / cloud recovery doesn't work.

[VasilyS]

Hallo,

My Notebook is G7-1309ER. Product ID:  B1P95EA#ACB

I need to replace HDD and to reinstall Win7 64 because virus have damaged partially the existing one and  I'm not sure if there is a correct inner recovery files.

For that I tried to download Win7 from Microsoft using key but it says "it's manufacturer version go to manufacturer".

So I installed cloud recovery but it says it doesn't recognize B1P95EA#ACB and B1P95EA. I tried to install HP recovery manager 6.0 (2014) but it cannot be installed as the programm is not supported.

Please help how to do with that. what is better

[WAWood]

@VasilyS 

Not all Win7 PCs are supported by the Cloud Recovery tool.  If yours is not, there is no other option for getting HP recovery media because HP has not stocked it in a long time.

You can try using Windows images downloaded using the tool from this site -- but there is no guarantee that this download, or the resulting ISO file, is going to work:

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.

[VasilyS]

Dear WAWood,

Thank you for your help! Unfortunately this program doesn't provide Russian language.

Nevertheless now I see wich way to follow. Though it seems a bit risky.