I need to replace hard drive on my HP dv6000 laptop… Will it work to install new hdd then use recovery?
disks from a newer model HP laptop? Or will I need to order disks from HP? Please help…
Will the recovery disks include everythiung OEM software? Like operating system and all factory installed programs?
If you mean that you need to install a new hard drive and use your current OS recovery disks, then yes, that will work.
As long as the OS is the same (Windows XP, XP Pro, Vista, etc.) as what you had originally installed, and you have the key (found on the Microsoft Windows tag on your pc), you can use any disks from any pc. The key (literally) is to have the code that is on your pc.
You will need the driver disk from your pc to get all of your hardware running.
So, any CD that has the same version of your OS will work, but you will need the driver CD from your specific machine.
If you’re talking about the recovery discs, you have to use discs from the same HP model. Discs from different model will not work. You can use just about any laptop hard drive though.
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No you will need new operating system
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If you mean that you need to install a new hard drive and use your current OS recovery disks, then yes, that will work.
As long as the OS is the same (Windows XP, XP Pro, Vista, etc.) as what you had originally installed, and you have the key (found on the Microsoft Windows tag on your pc), you can use any disks from any pc. The key (literally) is to have the code that is on your pc.
You will need the driver disk from your pc to get all of your hardware running.
So, any CD that has the same version of your OS will work, but you will need the driver CD from your specific machine.
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