Hard drive crashed, the new SSD and faded COA

Hi all

My laptop HP pavilion dv4t-1500 with a 500 GB hard drive is dead.  I bought a new 256 GB SSD to replace.  If I order the HP recovery discs, they will work as the new hard drive size is different?  I read in the forums that it may not work.

I also read in the forums that I can use the product key from COA to install a new copy of windows 7.  However the 6 characters of the product key is faded

If the recovery disks will not work, HP will give me the original COA product key so that I can do a fresh install?

I bought a cheap SSD and I really don't want to face the prospect of having to buy a new windows license!

Yesterday I received the HP recovery discs.  Installed perfectly on the 250 GB SSD.

It seems that there are no restrictions with the recovery process, even after using a hard/SSD with a capacity different from the original OEM hard drive.

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