SSD Drive on HP G60... won't install from recovery media (Vista)

I bought a new SSD .. Intel 501 series. When I try to install OS via the recovery media, it errors with "Recovery data is missing. Please use recovery media to restore your system." Why?
I have tried installing Win 7 on the same machine and it works fine. I just don't have another valid key for 7, so I want to use the OS that came with the machine (Vista)... Anybody solve this problem? Help is greatly appriciated.

I should add that the recovery media worked fine when I ugraded the HDD to another HDD.... but it's just not working when upgrading to a SSD

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Please tell us what happen when you start recovery installation. Which error message is shown?
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