help!!! vista hp/dell nightmare

[NorCal]

Ok heres the deal ...i have a hp paviliion laptop dv9700 that i got from "questionable" sources but the price was right and i needed a comp. the problem is they used a dell recovery disk to restore it to factory settings but its not a dell so when i got it i had to install a bunch of drivers and now its not running right can i restore it to factory hp settings???? i have tried pressing f-11 and it dosnt do anything please help

[NorCal]

oh yeah also im not real pc savy so if you could keep ur answers in simple terms please

[cohen]

Sorry, but i think the only thing you can do is reinstall windows vista, you'll need to buy a copy.

Sorry, unless someone else has an idea....

Cohen

[hughv]

HP will sell you a recovery disk.
If this is just a driver problem, all the drivers are available at the HP site.

[tux4life]

Normally you cannot use DELL Recovery CD's on other computer systems than DELL systems, as DELL verifies it
(something with an OEM-BIOS) ...

But normally you can buy a new recovery cd from HP ...