dv6000/dv6910 replaced hard drive but need help

This is the second hard drive I have replaced, but this time I am doing it myself. I bought the recovery disk from "Computer Surgeons", but cd/dvd is inoperable. Trying to create a USB recovery disk. Will/can this work?
Have tried creating a bootable USB but keep getting BOOT MGR missing.
Thanks for any help or advice

Mark

 

if youre doin a fresh install heres what i did.

download the Windows 7 OEM disk from a vendor, (use google, its legal, you can get a link from microsoft.com even)

burn the ISO to dvd (i used alcohol 120% but theres alot more ISO burning tools)

insert in dvd drive, and boot from dvd

use your product/activation keys on the bottom of your laptop to activate windows if/when it asks you for a key.


make sure you have all your HP drivers ready once windows is done installing. (you can get them from HPs website, make sure to know the model of your comp)

 

OR

if you must install via USB

download the Windows 7 OEM ISO

then use the Windows 7 USB tool to convert your USB stick to a bootable version of windows 7.

Microsoft Store Online <--link to tool via microsoft

make sure you have your drivers, thats the only reason to use a recovery disk over an OEM disk because the OEM wont have the drivers to your specific machine