How can I "factory restore" a new HDD???

Hi, I have a Sony Vaio laptop (VGN-FE770G). I just ordered a new 750GB hard drive and I need to figure out how I can do a "factory recovery/restore" on the new drive. I do NOT have recovery disks, and I am NOT able to make any. I was going to order some from the Sony parts store but they are out of stock (and this computer was bought in 2006, so don't think they'll be getting anymore)

I had a blue screen of death, which is why I couldn't make my own recovery disks. So I backed up all my important data to an external drive. Then I tried to use the F10 key (at startup, when Sony logo appears) to "restore" C drive directly from the recovery partition, which IS still in tact. However, I got an error and this did not work either. I'm not sure why this will not work, because all the files are there and fully intact. I ended up using a friends OEM windows disk and got windows (XP) back up and running, however because its not from the Sony recovery disks, it does not include any of the Sony recovery tools like the recovery and restore wizard that allows you to make your own back up disks.
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When I get my new hard drive I want to have it returned to the "new from factory" state because with this version of windows (even after downloading drivers from Sony’s website) I'm stilling having some compatibility issues and missing some software.

<O I was wondering if I can simply clone the recovery partition to the new drive then use the "F10" method to restore it...although not sure if that would work as it won't even work on this original drive??? Or is there anyway to make recovery disks from the recovery partition WITHOUT having the recovery and restore wizard? (not sure what files would go on which DVD though, there is about 7-8GB's of data) Or would it be possible to somehow extract the recovery and restore wizard program from the recovery partition, install it on this partition, then make the recovery disks from this version of windows XP so I could then use those disks to restore the new drive to factory condition????

<O Please, if anyone can help me I'd greatly appreciate it. Or if all else fails, perhaps someone reading this actually has a Sony Vaio VGN-FE770G and could make iso's of the recovery disks and FTP/torrent them to me?

 

If you want factory restore you need to order media from Sony.

 

You could ghost the recovery partition from the old drive to the new drive and use the F10 (or whatever it is) boot, too. Install new HDD, put old hdd in usb enclosure and boot to a ghost disk.