Hello, one of my friends has an Hp computer he bought with Windows 7 starter edition, however the HDD failed, recovery is impossible. Do you think if I remplace with a new one, there will be an hardware block by the motherboard as it is an OEM product? I mean how to acces the new HDD if there is some protection coming from the mobo ? Thx
Job done with a new hdd and W7 home premium SP1, I changed the RAM to a 2GB one, activation done, drivers done , still downloading and installing the updates .