HP Laptop G60 -HD Crash No Rescue Disk

[NJLOAD]

Title pretty much says it all. A friend dropped off their laptop and they want a new HD installed. HP Support online does not list a rescue disk for sale. Is there any way to install Vista with the Vista Serial Tag on the computer?

Any Help is Appreciated.

 

[corkyg]

It should work OK. Be sure and have all the HP G60 drivers, etc. on hand or some of the lap'top features may not work.

 

[NJLOAD]

corkyg, you must have misread my post. I don't have any rescue disks nor does HP. Thinking I might have to take the HD apart and manually spin the disks and see if I can boot it to clone.

any other ideas?

 

[silicon]

Title pretty much says it all. A friend dropped off their laptop and they want a new HD installed. HP Support online does not list a rescue disk for sale. Is there any way to install Vista with the Vista Serial Tag on the computer?

Any Help is Appreciated.

you could put in a new drive and install linux mint which beats vista any day.

 

[NJLOAD]

Just took the HD apart and its fried. Looks like a new install coming up. And I agree silicon Vista won't be in the picture.