Hard Drive Recovery Issue

my hp dv6 notebook hard drive has failed on me. so i ordered a new hard drive along with recovery disk from HP since i did not make one on my own. i installed the new hard drive along and started up the recovery disk and when everything is done i keep getting a message saying it unsuccefully installed. now everytime i turn my laptop on it just keeps restarting itself when it suppose to reach to log in screen. please help me.
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Sometimes it helps to prep the new hdd with Cyberlink Utility cd first. Download and Save the file. Once download is complete, put a blank cd in your drive and click the file to create a boot cd. Boot with this cd and wait until you get a green check mark indicating hdd is ready. Remove the cd , insert first Recovery Disk and restart the laptop.
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software11/COL32372/pv-80183-1/sp44645.exe
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