If the laptop is an HP it will most likely have a recovery partition.
Turn the laptop off then back on and watch the screen. It will
probably say something like press F10 or F12 for recovery partition.
Press whatever key it asks for and follow the instructions.
Be aware that it will most likely remove EVERYTHING from the
laptop.
Before you try to recover the laptop you might go into XP and
check under Start-Programs and then look for HP Tools etc or
anything with HP and see if you have the option to burn
recovery CD's. If you do and have a CD Burner, it's always
good to burn the CD's before using the recovery partition in
case something is messed up on the recovery partition and
it doesn't work correctly.
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