Will recovery disks work on another computer of the same model?

Hi! I recently exchanged a laptop for another one of the same model and I was wondering if the recovery disks made for the one before will work or do I need to make another set.
This is the computer I was referring to:
HP Pavilion 15.6" Laptop featuring AMD A8-3500M Processor (DV6-6188CA)
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