Reinstalling win 7 with new installed hard drive hp dv4 2161nr

So here is my problem..
I am now on hard drive number 3 for my dv4-2161nr it is running win 7 64 bit.
I ordered the reinstall disks from HP for my laptop. after installing the new hard driv(very easy) and follwing all the directions on the screen, i am ready to go...but now the problem is my win 7 will not allow windows updates, wont let me run the update tool, or the fix it thing...also cannot run or install windows defender either...
any thoughts from the forum?

Hi:
That happened to me once using recovery disks on a HP 8000 Elite business desktop PC.
I tried every trick in the book to no avail.
I ended up having to use a plain W7 installation disk and used the product key from the PC's case to activate the installation.
No problems whatsoever with anything with a clean install from a standard W7 DVD.
You can make your own if you don't have one.
If no one can come up with a better solution, and if you don't have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit upgrade or OEM installation disk, let me know, and I will give you the links to the W7 ISO file downloads and the tool needed to make the ISO file bootable onto a DVD or 4 GB USB flash drive.

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