HP G7 laptop hard drive went bad, how do i install Windows 8?

Hp Pavilion G7-2269wm
Recovery discs have been lost, don't know if that would even work without the original Hard Drive.
I've been told that the product key is embedded in the BIOS.
How do i go about installing Windows 8 in a new hard drive?
I've seen OEM versions of Windows 8 posted here for download, is there anywhere i can get an OEM version for this particular model?
UPDATE: Ok, I have run a bad sector repair tool, i can now access the desktop, though it is very slow and it seems i cannot do much, it wont let me do a search so i cannot get to the system recovery to create recovery disks.  I CAN put the hard drive in an external enclosure, and i can access the drive from there.  I can also boot up to advanced boot options.
Is there anyway to create recovery disks either from the HD being mounted in an external enclosure, or from the advanced boot menu?
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Your key will work with this ISO. Google does limit how many times it can be downloaded every day so you may have to make more than one attempt.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0W9PBigPy94aVJWSndyTFNFMzg/edit?pli=1
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