Reinstalling Windows 7 to New Hard Drive with only the Win 7 Upgrade Disc?

So I have an e9180t which like clockwork freezes up after about an hour or two after booting up.  I thought it might be the curse of the bad motherboards they came with,  but I am hoping it is something else so testing everything I can.  I noticed it does not freeze up when booted in safe mode with networking.  The hard drive did fail the SMART test so I am wondering if it's time to replace it and if that has something to do with the crashing.   I can move cursor,  but no apps will open and eventually everything becomes unresponsive causing be tohit the power button to reboot.   I already stopped all unnecessary start up programs and it still will freeze in non safe mode.
The PC came with Vista and I believe that's what is on the backup partition on the HD.  I do have the Win 7 Upgrade disc from HP.  My questons are-
1.  If I buy a new HD will the 7 upgrade disc be enough to install full version of Win 7? 
2.  Anything else I need to do when I install new HD besides reactivate Windows?
Thanks.
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Hi Mike,
Did you create an HP recovery disc set for reinstalling the factory image when the HDD is replaced?
It sound like you may have a problem creating the recovery discs now.
A Smart HDD test failure points to a failing HDD. The symptoms you are experiencing are most likely caused by this fact. You may also have a motherboard or other hardware problem.
You have the Win 7 Upgrade disc and product key.
I am fairly sure the Win 7 upgrade has to be initiated from within Win Vista. The Win 7 upgrade is a full install of Windows so that is not the problem. But it may not run setup unless you start the upgrade in Win Vista. Normally a Win 7 upgrade is started within the current operating system, Win 7 setup validates the existence of a qualifying operating system, and then prompts a reboot to finish the upgrade installation.
You can replace the HDD and try to install Win 7 cleanly. If that fails and you don't have the Vista recovery discs you can purchase an HP recovery disc set here. There are three different builds available. Select the one that matches the factory installed operating system.
You may have one other issue upon replacing the HDD with a newer Advanced Format HDD. Please see this HP Support document for more information.
If you cannot install the Win 7 upgrade cleanly or Win Vista because of the Advanced Format HDD issue, you may have to purchase an OEM copy of Win 7.
Jaco
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