Reinstall HP Content after Hard Drive replacement

[lemorrison2003]

I am planning to upgrade the existing hard drive in our laptop to an SSD.  Since it is a brand new drive I want to do a fresh install of the operating system instead of just cloning the drive (I have a Win10 USB Boot disk made) to insure that I have a good fresh, starting point. 

Is there also a way to reinstall some (but not all) of the included HP apps on the computer?  I'm specifically looking at things like Jump start, Support assistant, the HP Audio Controls, HP Smart, and CyberLink Media Player. I suppose I could get away with standard Windows tools for audio and Media player, but I do like the Support assistant and Jump Start as we have several HP computers and an HP LaserJet so it is nice having that unified view of things...

If this has been answered elsewhere please let me know where to find, but I was unable to find an article that spoke to this...

Many Thanks in Advance!

Don and Lisa

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Your best option (if it works) would be to use the HP cloud recovery client tool to make a bootable recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook.

Here is an info link for how to use that utility...

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

Your other option is to do what you propose, and you would have to be content with the software that is available on your notebook's support page.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-15-ay100-notebook-pc/12499456

The main reason the cloud recovery tool may not work would be if the SSD you install is smaller than any supported hard drives that HP offered in that model series.