Hp 15-n278sa windows 8 instal

Hi, so what i am having problems with my hp 15-n278sa.
i have changed the hard drive from the original S.M.A.R.T hard drive to a 250gb sata hard drive as i didnt need that much space in my laptop and my main rig did. basically when i try to install windows it puts out a load driver error, i cant find a hard drive but i know it works as i had installed linux with this laptop on to it. any drivers for the laptop? also where is the windows 8 COA. as i cant find it.

Hi @JacobMarrinan ,
Thank you for your inquiry.
I grasp that you have removed the original 1 TB hard drive and installed a 250 GB SATA drive.
The original drive is a SATA drive.HP Pavilion 15-n278sa Notebook PC Product Specifications
The windows key is tattooed in the bios, and when you do a recovery it is automatically installed.
What driver is failing to load, do you get a specific message?
Are you doing the installation from a retail copy of Windows or from recovery CD/DVDs?
What version of Windows are you trying to install if you are using retail copy?
Is the drive seen in the bios?
Regards
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I work on behalf of HP
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