HD crash total TouchSmart, what options?

A few months back my TouchSmart 300 hard drive completely crushed. Cannot start the driveway recovery partition, anything, nothing. I would like to kind of get it back to the top and runing. So a few questions.

First of all, should what features I for a new HD? 3.5 "I guess, but your standard desktop SATA 3.5" work? Suggestions for a replacement of base?

Also, I'm now totally out of luck with the operating system? I would like to reinstall Win7 and the Touchsmart GUI. As it is now I'll have to buy a copy of Windows, or is it possible to get a copy to reinstall and use the key on the back of the machine to activate it? How/where can I get the TouchSmart part once she's alive?

If I have to buy another OS then it will work well with Win8? Looks a touch oriented OS so it would be a good idea? Could I still go with an upgrade during the installation of a new/fresh HD?

Many questions, but I hate spending money on a new HD and be stuck with something that's not going to work.

Thanks in advance.

Here are the specifications of your HP TouchSmart 300-1020 desktop Here is the HP software Downlods Driver page for your computer. Here's a link to order HP recovery media for your computer. You can also order the third provider of third-party ComputerSurgeons.com discs

Aternatively, you can read this thread of HP forum titled 'How to install Windows 7 without the disc' and follow the instructions to download and burn a disc of stock Microsoft Windows 7. You can use this disk and the Windows 7 key on the back of your computer to reinstall Windows 7, but you will not be able to use any value added HP "features"... including the TouchSmart software.

Almostt all 7200 RPM SATA2 3.5 "hard disk should work on your computer. The factory drive is 500 GB, but should work any disk 500 GB to 2 TB. If the drive you buy is a drive AF (Advanced Format), you may experience problems with the HP recovery discs. There are workarounds to solve the problems arising from the use of the readers of the AF.

Please send Bravo

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