Can I return my computer to this original operating system with a disk. Was Windows 98, XP Home Edition

I bought a HP Pavilion6355 Top Desk of a former employee and it runs Windows XP Home Edition.

I found that these computers were originally under Windows 98.

My question: can I go back to the original operating system without disk.

Nothing I tried to perform a destructive restore worked, thinking that this is because the o/s has been upgraded.

Need your help.

Thanks in advance

Outside of why you would like to go back to Win 98, it's probably not possible without getting a CD.

You don't say how you attempted a "destructive recovery".  As far as I KNOW, performing a "destructive recovery" on the HP PC of this vintage required a set of recovery CDs HP.  See http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07141&tmp_task=useCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen&lc=en&product=59328

As far as I know, HP no longer provides these CDs.

IIRC, the practice to have a hidden partition on the hard drive that could be used to restore a computer provided that "cost-of-the-factory" did not start up Windows XP.  Although there used to be such a partition, it is likely than anyone to install Windows XP removed as part of the upgrade process.

There is always the FleaBay, Amazonand similar sites.  Do not get a 'upgrade' version unless you have an old Win 95 CD lying around.

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