Will recovery disks work on new hard drive

I just installed new hard drive on hp laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. I used the iso file installation disc. Now I would like to use the recovery disks I made 2.5 years ago to load the original software and drivers as when the pc was new. When I put Disc 1 in the drive the pc does nothing. I've been reading online that you have to change the order of the drives in the BIOS so the pc will boot from the dvd drive.
Then further research online, I read that recovery disks will not work on a new hard drive, and on a smaller drive than was previously installed.
I did do a full system backup from old hard drive, so I have those 3 discs. I have not tried that. Basically all I use pc for is web browsing,email and an occassional movie.
I guess I just want it to seem like a new pc with all the original software and drivers.
I downloaded hp support assistant, however it states that new updates are not needed. That can't be right.
I went to hp download page, but not sure which drivers/software to download.
This is wearing me out. Please help if you have any suggestions/advice. Thank you!

Paul, thank you for answering. I have a HP Pavilion DV7-4270us.
From my research, I don't believe the operating system is on the recovery disks. I am very hesitant to work with the recovery disks again. Anyway my new hard drive is 500 GB which is smaller than the old 640 GB that was previously installed from the factory. So the recovery disks may not work on a smaller drive.
At this point, I would like to get back HP Media Smart and Synaptics click pad working. I have downloaded the driver for the clickpad, but it does not operate like it used to. No settings to choose from etc.  I downloaded the Media Smart Software package and driver, but the software package is not there. I was just reading online, and found a link for the Simple Pass Identity Protection fingerprint reader. I downloaded it, and seems so far to work. Also, on the keyboard the light on the keyboard button for (volume on and off) remains lit all the time. It used to light up only when the volume was off.
Man, you sure can run into all kinds of problems when you install a new hard drive. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!  Thanks, Ken.

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