Reinstalling operating system after hard drive failure. new hard drive is smaller

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  The hard drive on my Asus Q500a is bad (he had checked the repairman). They told me that I could replace it (it will just keep failing until at last it dies just) but I have to re - install the operating system. The laptop comes with Windows 7 and I upgraded to 8 when it came out (I think). I don't have a recovery disk.

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  Would it not easier that I left the repair shop handle it?

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  Hi Kristi,

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and we provide a detailed description of the issue.

  According to the description, I understand that the problem with you want to reinstall the operating system after replacing the hard drive corrupted on the system.

  Certainly, I understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

  I suggest you check the suggestions contained in the Microsoft link below and check if this is useful.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-windows_install/replacing-hard-drive-and-re-installing-Windows-8/e8dbfc81-5294-4c94-9276-0f36e0a66e59

  In addition, you can see the suggestions in the link given below.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-windows_install/reinstall-Windows-8-after-the-operating-sytem-has/30d47e63-296b-4466-ae9d-4628084541dc

  I hope this information is useful.

  Please let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

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  1. what version of Windows operating system is installed on your computer?

  2. you use software to perform the system backup and restore?

  3 is the issue limited to any particular file?

  First of all, I suggest you click with the right button on the backup files and check the size of the file in the Properties window.

  Try to copy and paste the files to the computer and check if you are able to access the files.

  You can also check if the folders are hidden. If the folders are hidden, so you can view folders and check if you are able to access the data.

  1. press the ALT key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to display the toolbar.
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