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    Question: Envy 17-3270 & New Hard Drive(mSATA) & Recovery Disk

    Discussion in 'HP' started by JSHidaka, Jul 14, 2012.

  1. JSHidaka

    JSHidaka Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I bought an envy 17-3270 nr off amazon(I live in the Dominican republic, so can't order it directly off HP) it will arrive next week, I'm thinking about getting a mSATA R SSD, and my question is, does it includes the recovery disks? So I can install a new drive and install windows on it?


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  2. AU4U

    AU4U Notebook Evangelist

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    No RD's included. You can purchase them from HP if available in your area.
    You have to make your own using W7, you get 1 chance only to get it right the 1st time.
    Use only the highest quality disks available, you should have 8 on hand in case any fail.
    You can make a bootable USB stick as an option, use Grade 10.
    If all fails, you can DL and burn a Genuine copy of W7 as a recovery Disk.

    You should copy your SW Folder to your D:\ drive, USB stick, external HDD/SSD or burn to DVD.
    Keep this in the same place as your RD in case of a drive failure, this has all the HP supplied programs, especially your Adobe Photoshop Elements and your Adobe Premiere Elements LICENSEES, and the Cyberlink PowerDVD Premium BD as well.
     
  3. JSHidaka

    JSHidaka Notebook Enthusiast

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    I see... I guess I'll ask a friend that live in the states to order it for me, HP auto decline orders if the IP is outside USA.. Or that said an HP agent.


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