HD Recovery not completing

Hello everyone: Had to replace the HD on Envy 14 notebook. Recovery went well until after all 7 disks had been fed and used. However the 2nd part of the recovery (install) stalled on the HP splash window with the Press Esc to go to Start menu message. I let it sit for over 2 hours and then tried pressing the Esc key. Nothing at all happened.
On restart, it once again gave message that no boot disk found. I put in recovery disk 1, and ... well, long a short is that it's not completing the installation. I've done the startup checks and no problems found with memory or (new) HD.
HELP! and thanks for being there...
Evelyn

That is odd. Just to try and isolate whether this is hardware or software, do you have another machine to try this with. Just boot from the media on another machine. It will prompt or stop with an error before performing any actions, assuming it boots. If you get the same result on another machine, I'd have to say it's a corrupt disk and you'll have to obtain another set. If it only occurs on the target machine, I have to guess you have a hardware issue.
Rick...

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I passed two days trying!! Reading all your suggestions I even recognized that the wi fi was off..but I tried more than 3 times with the wi fi on and it takes me to the same page!!
I'm sending from my iphone otherwise I could put a picture
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Scroll down on the page and get>> Bootable CD and>> ImgBurn to burn the iso image to cd-a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is> Here. Once created, boot from it. Delete all hdd partitions, create one and format. Next try booting from Recovery again.
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- Click Next to begin the recovery. When the process is complete, a message displays indicating that the internal storage drive has been recovered.
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I am unable to complete my Skype account recovery. Having followed all the links and changed my password, my profile comes up, I enter my new password and then Account Recovery starts and stops at 50%. How do I get it to completely recover my profile?

Hi, Cath.milward, and welcome to the Community,
Can we rule out there are no script errors appearing within your web browser, for example at the top or bottom of the website page? I recommend trying again, using a different web browser than you typically use.
Otherwise, please contact Skype customer service for assistance.
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I have a A105-2091 that I am trying to restore. The recovery disk loads the RAMDRIVE, pauses and says "PLEASE WAIT", the cursor appears for a few seconds and the machine reboots, starting the process over, and over, and over....
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