no operating system and no installation disc!

I replaced the hard drive in my HP Pavilion Entertainment notebook (dv6700) with a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB hard SATA drive. When I start my computer of course he says that I have no operating system! I have also no installation disc with my operating system on it! WHAT can I do? Well, I have my windows vista product key.

Replace you a hard drive "perimeter". In other words is there a hard drive Western Digital Blue SATA 500 in the machine originally?

Have you bought a copy of windows or the PC manufacturer have previously installed it next?

If the answer to my first question is not the PC had no originally a hard drive Western Digital SATA 500 installed and the copy of Windows was pre-installed, so you use not "perimeter" material and therefore can not re - install your copy of Windows OEM.

The problem is that the OEM (preinstalled windows) license can only be used on this machine especially with a particular set of hardware. If you change the material, the license is assigned. Most PC manufacturers will replace like with like as things like hard disk, card mother etc. will report the windows activation.

If you have purchased a copy of the box retail of Windows and you lost the disk but have the original receipt, you can contact Microsoft for a replacement. See this link: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_replace_a_lost.htm the link refers to Windows XP, but it is the same for Vista and Windows 7.

If none of the above apply, then you can buy a copy of Windows.

The PC manufacturer, you can try, but they do, inevitably, charge you a copy of Windows in any case.

This forum post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or the opinion of Microsoft, its employees or other MVPS.

John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Expert associated with: Windows Expert - consumer: www.winuser.co.uk | vistasupport.mvps.org | xphelpandsupport.mvps.org | www.silversurfer-Guide.com

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