HP Pavillion P7-1074 recovery disks

I thought I made recovery disks for my computer....and now that I need them (because I had to replace my hard drive)           I see that I had written "bootable diagnostic hardward cd" on the cd cover...so my question is...is this the same thing as recovery cd's or did I not create the correct disks?
Thanks in advance for all help...
HP Pavillion Series
model P7-1074
product #Qn639AA#ABA
windows 7

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