Question : Problem: reinstall operating system

The SATA hard drive on laptop died.  Replaced it with a larger SATA drive.  The HP (XP operating system) recovery disks complain that the disks were not made for that computer.  The only thing that changed was the install of the new drive which passes the diagnostics.

Answer : Problem: reinstall operating system

you can always contact HP, and use an online chat to resolve your problem :
http://ipgweb.cce.hp.com/ipgna/caller/chat.asp?dd=pavnt&productName=HP+Pavilion+dv5000+CTO+Notebook+PC&productCategory=18703&SCOID=82710&PSOID=499885&aoid=null&lang=en&cc=us
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