HP Pavillion a6623 hard drive died

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by jabberwocky, Nov 21, 2009.

  1. jabberwocky

    jabberwocky MDL Member

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    Hi ,my sisters 1 year old hp pavillion a6623 ,just packed in ,it seems the seagate 500gb HD has faulty firmware .
    well they sent out a replacement WD drive and a set of 3 recovery discs however as the new drive is empty .(no OS) how do I go about this ,I tried booting from the 1st recovery disk but after a short spell when windows loading files shows .it gives an error (In Dutch) and will go no further .
    any way to modify a full windows Vista disc to mimic an HP oem one .
    so I can install and would this work as far as activation is concerned .
    there does not seem to be a bios available for this main board.