windows not running on laptop, boot not working

[bxkeepinitreal2]

the specs of my laptop are at:
http://laptopmag.com/Review/HP-Pavi...4900.htm?Page=0
i jus have a question, i recetly bought a laptop from my friedn, but he did not give my any of the original cds. the laptop will not boot from a new windows xp professional cd because i belive it didnt have professional, but rather the originla xp version, blue scren pops up saying that windows cannot copy file sor find the, so what would u suggest i do?any help would be appreciated

 

[Rik]

To keep it legal, the best thing you can do is get the original cd's.

 

[bxkeepinitreal2]

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i understand but ther eis no way of me gettin those cd's, so what would u suggets i do, thank you for ur reply

 

[N3051M]

what is the laptop's model and make?

have you looked to see if there is any recovery partitions or anything like that when you boot up - it may tell you to press a certain key to access it

 

[fastco]

Get yourself a Windows XP cd. Start the computer, enter the Bios. Make sure it is set to boot from CD drive first, IDE 0 or Hard drive second. Put the CD in the cd drive restart the computer. Follow the instrucions to format the drive and install Windows.....