New HDD + can't boot from anywhere, just Hard Drive

HI I have a HP Pavilion dv6700 laptop with Windows Vista 32-Bit OS.
I installed a new harddrive and ordered the original recovery dvds from the hp website for that model, but I can't get it to boot from anything but hdd, even if i change the booting order in bios and I also tried F8 but it only gives me one option to boot from hdd. I even tried a usb external cd drive., nothing works. How do I get the recovery installed on my laptop? Please help.

Maybe reseat your ODD , also if you disconnect the HDD temporarily can u boot to ODD?
I am an HP employee.
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