[NomGar]

So today I'm trading computers with my brother. He's giving me a Hp G72, but i want all of his stuff off of it. I don't have the disk, but i have the product key. Can anyone tell me how to get everything off of it and then put win 7 on it? Thanks in advance

[etaf]

did it have windows 7 on it - most pcs have a recovery partition and also a way to make the disks

I would first make the recovery disks and then see if you can initiate the partition and re-install from there

HP only allow you to make one set of DVDs - make sure you have a least 6 available

see here re HP and recovery for windows 7
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c01895783

[NomGar]

I clicked that link, launched System Recovery with F11 and i can now recover. Should i procede?

[etaf]

I clicked that link, launched System Recovery with F11 and i can now recover. Should i procede?

i did say

I would first make the recovery disks and then see if you can initiate the partition and re-install from there

then if the internal partion recovery fails or anything goes wrong during the process , you can start again with the DVDs - otherwise you have nothing to get you out of trouble

[NomGar]

The only problem with that is, under "I'd like to take precautions" there is only "File Backup Program" not disc recovery creation.

[etaf]

The only problem with that is, under "I'd like to take precautions" there is only "File Backup Program" not disc recovery creation.

should be on the HP machine somewhere
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...n&cc=us&dlc=en
theres also a video on the page
Creating recovery discs with Recovery Disc Creation software
This section describes how to create a recovery disc set.
View a video on creating recovery discs in Windows 7