This error is when you try to use OEM recovery disks with a non OEM hard drive. The company recovery disks will not work, they do this to prevent software fraud. Sorry to say you will have to purchase a copy of windows and start over :(
The built in recovery disk is not actually a disk but a partition on the old disk. Your best course of action would be to remove your old HDD, put in the new one, and then install Windows and your system drivers from the CD's that came with the system.
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