Laptop HP Pavilion TS 15: QUESTION IMPORTANT HERE-new HARD drive and recovery on HP Pavilion Notebook TS

Is it true that once you replace a new hard drive for your laptop, the recovery media will never work because of a chip in the motherboard?  I got a wonderful help here, but I just read on another post, that once you replace the disk, your screwed because of a chip in the motherboard and only HP can fix it.  Did I just waste my time and my money? Please, please, someone help. Now I'm all confused, thank you very much.

2nd recovery disc was defective. Receipt again. Everything is great. Nothing to do with the motherboard. Thanks to all supporters HP volunteers, your the BEST!

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