Reinstall W7 Home Premium on a new drive

I have to replace the har drive on this desktop as the original one has failed. I will need to reinstall the OS (Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit). Windows was originally preinstalled on the drive when purchased so I do not have original install disks but I have found a set of HP recovery disks which I'm pretty sure are from this computer. My other computer is also an HP but is W8.1. I have located a product key and tried to see if I could download a fresh copy of W7 but the product key is not the usual I expected to see. One of the groups of characters is "OEM" which I know is an indication that it was installed by HP. I got this key off the system screen before I removed it from service. What approach should I be taking when I get a new drive for this machine for installing Windows?

As far as I know, HP will not assist with that. M$ response is typical, to defer to the manufacturer. I will tell you there are other ways to accomplish this, however. You can buy a retail Windows 7 install disk from another place than M$. Assuming the Windows 7 is Home Premium on the COA, you can borrow a Windows 7 Home Premium disk from a friend, use the disk to intall Windows 7 and then use the COA key to activate. Make sure to get what you want, IE 32Bit or 64Bit Also, before you start and download all the drivers from the HP download site and save them to a flash drive or a CD/DVD.BTW: since I have my own install disk, I cannot comment on this seller but it would seem it could be OK, after reading the description: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WINDOWS-7-Ultimate-Starter-Home-Basic-Premium-Pro-32-64-Bit-SP1-ReINSTALL-DVD-/252026259505?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aadef8831What they are selling you could have made on your own, if you had the download from M$ before they pulled it from the servers.

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