Reinstall the operating system

I had to reformat my readers caused by a virus and I do not have the disk of OS from xp to re instal Home Office. I don't have the product key that has a label on the back of the pc. The operating system has been pre-installed with the purchase of the pc. How can I reinstall the operating system with a copy of xp home but I have the product code?

Some computer manufacturers, including Dell and HP, have a recovery partition on the hard drive of the new computers.  By pressing a special key combination when the computer starts, you can use the recovery partition to restore the computer to the way it was when it was new.

If this is not available, contact the PC manufacturer and ask a floppy to install for your computer model.

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