Recovery CD for HP Pavilion

[owensdj]

My neighbor bought a used HP Pavilion a200n desktop computer. He didn't get any CDs with it, and the previous owner removed the hard drive. The XP Home Product Key sticker is still on the side of the case. I'm going to get him a new 80GB drive.

I saw on HP's web site that I could get him a replacement Recovery CD for this computer for about $12. Will a Recovery CD for this computer work OK with an 80GB hard drive? Also, will he have any type of word processor software after the restore, such as Microsoft Word or Works? Thanks.

 

[cjbee]

I once owned an HP, and the recovery discs still worked after I upgraded my hard drive. I don't think it should matter.

My recovery CD's didn't come with any sort of word processing software, other than the incredible Wordpad/Notepad, but you may get lucky...

Good luck!

 

[nitsuj3580]

should be fine. I believe the Recovery CDs look for something in the BIOS that tells it it is a HP PC.