How do I restore new SSD on pavilion DV7 from 2nd HDD restore partition?

My DV7 came with two drives, an SSD and an IDE with the recovery on a partition of the large HDD. The SSD died. I've got a new drive and put it in, but when I hit F11 to do a restore, I get a  "no bootable device" message. I sort of thot F11 would send it to the restore partition and it w/b bootable. I don't have disks. What am I doing wrong? (Other than not to make disks in the first place.)
I can't get the bios to cough up the system's installed hard drive information. I'm running a startup test now and it shows a primary hard disk self test and SMART test passed and is now working on that secondary hard disk self test which, from the length of time it's taking, must be the much larger HDD.  So I'm assuming it's found the new SSD.

I've always made the rescue disks before (I'm old...My partner and I have had several laptops over the last 20 years! ) but I've looked all over and can't find them for this machine.    And I honestly didn't remember this machine asking me to do it. Likely it did.  Likely I made them and put them somewhere safe...which of course means I'll never find them!
I didn't know much about SSDs when I got the machine, except they were fast. I was seduced by the speedy side of the force when I was talking to the HP salesperson. My understanding was, because SSDs were still unknown quantities and more likely to demise catastrophically than HDDs, HP put the restore on the secondary drive. From what you say, this was obviously not the case. Also, the SSD is so small, you kinda need all the room you can get!
I've made DVDs from iso files before, but sadly, I can't read the windows key on the bottom of the machine. Again...I have a belarc printout...somewhere...with all the registry info on it. Probably in that safe place with the rescue disks. *facepalm*
I DID find my original receipt and turns out it had home premium, not pro (I got pro for my desktop and for my previous laptop and assumed I had for this one.) However, it also turns out I've got an extended warrantee and it's still covered (barely). I'm going to send the whole machine in for a complete overhaul. Yipppeeee!
So...I think we can mark this solved, even if somewhat unorthodoxically. Thanks very much for you help. I learned some important details about the machine, which is always a very good thing.

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