Install Vista on a new hard drive without a Setup disk

I have a compaq cq71. The HARD drive is faulty (as told by checking the hard drive) and must be replaced. I'm going to buy a new HARD drive but don't know how I can install Vista on it. I have no Vista disk, only the recovery on the old damaged hard disk partition. Can I access the recovery partition is if possible I can create a floppy disk to install from here? Alternatively, if I could borrow a disk from someone else? I still have the product key of Vista on the bottom of my machine.

Any help much appreciated.

I have a compaq cq71. The HARD drive is faulty (as told by checking the hard drive) and must be replaced. I'm going to buy a new HARD drive but don't know how I can install Vista on it. I have no Vista disk, only the recovery on the old damaged hard disk partition. Can I access the recovery partition is if possible I can create a floppy disk to install from here? Alternatively, if I could borrow a disk from someone else? I still have the product key of Vista on the bottom of my machine.

Any help much appreciated.

Hey Paul_Dunbar

 
You can try to make records of the damaged hard drive recovery
ask hp how
or buy a set of vista home recovery disks
they normally sell them for a nominal cost
or see if you can borrow a vista microsoft dvd and use your product to install your version of vista it

Walter, the time zone traveller

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