Reinstall Windows 7 no drive

A simple enough question, I got a pre-built desktop HP that came with W7 professional, but I effed during the installation and took the wrong language, which apparently I can not change after the fact, but only with a complete operating system reinstall. Since the office came not with an installation disc, what are my options?

{In addition, the only way to be sure that I managed to get rid first sellers of rubbish to pile on is to take off and nuke from orbit all}

New computers coming often pre-installed with Windows 7 have what is called a recovery partition. This is used to reinstall an operating system in the case of a system failure. To access it, you need to start when you start your computer by pressing a function key. This can be either F1, F2, F9, F10, F11, F12 key DEL or tab. See the manual that came with your PC for instructions on how to reinstall Windows.

If your recovery partition is not available or damaged, you must contact the manufacturer of your computer, and request that a defined recovery disk you can use to reinstall Windows 7. They could practice a small shipping and handling.

For HP, press F11 directly after switching on the device

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