Replaced hard drive HP Pavilion 17 Notebook running Win 8.1

[slydog214]

I replaced a bad hard drive, but before doing so I downloaded the installed system recover to a USB drive and copied a system image to an external drive.  Trying to install the recovery and system imaging.  Have both USB and external drive connected to computer but when I power up I'm having difficulty getting to the  "Windows set-up dialog box, to then follow proceed to

repair your computer> Troubleshoot>Advanced options>System Image recovery, etc.

Should I have a separate file with the Windows 8.1 media on it?  I thought it was/is a part of the "system recovery" file.

Please help. Thanks.

[banhien]

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@slydog214 wrote:

I replaced a bad hard drive, but before doing so I downloaded the installed system recover to a USB drive and copied a system image to an external drive.  

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@slydog214

How did you download the installed system recover to a USB drive ? You have to CREATE the rcovery media using the right process otherwise this won't work.

Also dow did you  copy a system image to an external drive ?

Regards.

[slydog214]

i Banhein, 

I followed the instructions provided through my laptop to copy recovery drive where it states you're only allowed to make 1 copy, etc.  I also followed the Window system instructions through my laptop to create the system imaging file.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

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@slydog214 wrote:

... I followed the instructions provided through my laptop to copy recovery drive where it states you're only allowed to make 1 copy, etc.  ...

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Hi,

This set (USB) will bring your machine back to factory settings, including the ORIGINAL Windows version. I can't get a file with Windows 8.1 only.

Regards.