If the hard drive dies - how will I get windows loaded onto a new hard drive?
If this PC has a failed hard drive that is not recoverable, how will I be able to put windows on a new hard drive. I assume it does not ship with restore media and I doubt it has a utility to create a bootable recovery disk?
You might want to contact HP and see if they'll send you a recovery flash drive or some other type of recovery option. (Not sure how long ago you purchased yours) I just returned mine since I had that happen within 2 weeks of purchasing it and got the HP 110-414 while it was $20 off. The processor is so much faster on this one and I've had no hard drive problems. Not sure how well that answered your original question, but I wanted to give you some info on my experience if it can help at all. Good luck.