Envy TouchSmart 15-j009wm: rupture disc, how do I reinstall it on the new drive

Hi, I have an envy TouchSmart 15 who seems to have a bad drive (abbreviated DST check failure RGDUHF-71G7JL-MFGJWK-60UJ03) and while I can start Windows and log in, leave that I can't do anything else than move the mouse pointer. I can't start the recovery program to create a recovery of that disk and boot repair/restore options to block all. I also run chkdsk on the drive when it is connected to a second computer (in a cage USB) and chkdsk reports no problem.

So, I bought a new disc and I wonder how to get Windows 8 on it. I also have a second, identical HP Envy that works very well and am wondering if I can create a USB key to recovery of this 2nd machine, 1st this USB boot machine and reinstall from scratch but I feel that the recovery media can only attempt to recover a drive that is already installed , but it won't do a complete reinstall.

The only option here is to buy the support of HP $50? If so, does on USB because I don't have a DVD player.

Thank you.

OK, good news. It looks like using that laptop support for recovery of the fine 2nd envy on the 1st laptop and Windows 8 is now installed and working. I assume that the Windows product key is somehow associated with the MAC address or burned (and encrypted) in the BIOS.

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