Hard Drive Failed, issue installing windows 7 pro

Hi all, and thanks for the help. So, I have this HP computer that crashed. Unfortunetly I wasn't correctly running backups and something happened to the hard drive. So, I wiped it clean.....
I never had a Windows 7 Pro install disk. So when I went to reinstall Windows I only had a Windows 7 home disc to get it started up. Now that it's up and running, the Windows 7 pro serial number (attached to the tower) will not work to validate Windows as I have Home edition installed under trial right now.
Is there a way to get another install disk, or is there a correct way to reinstall Windows 7 pro with the serial number that I have so that I don't have to purchase another Windows serial?
I tried using Microsoft's windows recovery tool, but because this was an OEM installed product it said to contact HP?
Thanks for the help.

Hi:
You can try this trick to turn the files on your W7 Home Premium disk to any version of W7.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-select-any-edition-or-version-sku-of-windows-7-to-install-from-...
You can also download the free ImageBurn software (another program in addition to those listed in step 1) to create and burn the ISO file you created by following the info above.
http://imgburn.com/
Otherwise you will have to order a set of W7 Pro recovery disks for your specific model PC from HP.

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