Three replacement Stream 7's three hard disk- ( 3f0 ) errors

I received a Stream 7 Table in June. All fine until I filled it and did the inbuilt reset which bricked it. Chatted with tech support and they immediately replaced it. Not cost effective to waste time on a cheap tablet I gather. Recieved the replacement in 3 days which is fine. Turned it on only to recieve the following error:Boot device not foundPlease install an operating system on your hard disk
hard disk- ( 3f0 )
f2 system diagnostics
for more information, please visit: www.hp.com/go/techcenter/ Back to chat - replaced - 3 days new tablet - same error - Back to chat - replaced - 3 days new tablet - rinse repeatSo now I have 4 useless Stream 7's unless there is some way I can download the OS and use an OTG to load it. I don't think the tablet is seeing the drive at all. When I use the hold power + volume down f12 gives me the same error.I'm sick of getting replacements.
Thanks all.

There is no available OS to download to recover your unit(s), only service centers have the SSRU (Service System Recovery USB) designated for your unit.

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