Using HP restore - error Non system disk media

Recently, I received a HP desktop computer that had a bad hard drive. I buy a Seagate 2 TB disk and I also bought the HP recovery media to restore the machine to factory default.

From the start until the recovery media, I was presented with the option to restore the default settings, walking on the GUI informs me that it is format the drive and reinstall applications, he invites to indicate the disc #2 as expected and ends so ask for a reboot. Date that the system fails to boot with an error message "Non-system disk".

I started the system with a linux live CD and checked the disk through fdisk to see if it was something simple. I noticed that the first partition is not bootable, and the second partition was. I have enabled the flag of boot on the first partition, without change. I have advanced and reconfigured the drive with fdisk, partition table creation and formatting of the first partition, and then rerun the recovery disks. No change.

I found a few entries discussing the disks seagate and HP machines, as well as a firmware fix, but I see nothing announces a 2 TB as a problem drive.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestions, but I fear that they have been without result, and I have some additional information for others with similar problems.

(1) in the disc of recovery there is that something called a Menu "manufacturers", he is now CTRL in the CD is loading, pressing the BACKSPACE key at the right time. This menu has several options, including wiping them out the hard drive and the 'DMI system info' copy of disc 1.

I followed a few guides to use this menu to try to get my new hard drive, or the spare WD 40 GB working, all without success.

Thus, this menu has not solved my problem, but to know there lead me to this bit of information.

(2) HP participates in a process called "Tattoo" the MOBO or HD. This process essentially makes the only function of system with the original equipment, including the hard drive. According to 2 people separated from the HP support, I spoke with, the only way to get this system running and upward would be to buy a hard drive directly from HP. I couldn't find enough documentation on this to be useful anywhere, apart from the realization that it has NOTHING to do with the hardware compatibility and from my point of view, everything about HP, forcing consumers to buy directly from them, thus hindering competition.

Now for the rest of my rants:

Booting from a temporary copy of Win 7 allowed me to update the Firmware of the HARD drive, but the Seagate firmware update are listed says "no update firmware of your player"(not exact verbage). "» I was able to get the old HD to boot, unstable but it started and I was able to do a restore system to it and got the update of the BIOS installed, but once when I tried upgrading the firmware on Seagate it said was not an update of my drive. I confirmed the new model number and this is the only one listed.

Must the drive be formatted for the update of the firmware to take? That doesn't seem like it should be...

I'll try to copy it to the partition on the new disk of tonight, but honestly, I feel that I lost my money with restoring HP discs, so I'll just go buy a retail copy of Windows 7 upgrade and use it as the operating system.

Very pleased with this HP product.

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