Experiencewd a hard drive failure - System recovery disc would not instal to new hard drive

[MichaelPendergrass]

My hard drive warned me it was having issues and I should back up my files as well as create a system recovery disc. I did both, two days later, the hard drive failed. I put in a new hard drive and attempted to use the recovery disc but it did not work. Will Microsoft send a recovery disc to people who have a legitimate product key? Did my hard drive failure negate my purchased copy of Windows 7 64bit Home edition that originally came with my computer?

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