BleepingComputer.com: Would i be able to restore my computer in this situation!?

I want to restore my windows xp
I have a windows xp media center from hp and i want to restore my slow computer but dont hav a disc. my friend has one for windows xp home for dell dimension i wanted to know if it would still work... he still has his product/serial number as well. another downside is tht i dont hav a working disc drive either! i heard tht u can put the disc on a usb drive how would i be able to do tht? (i hav a working usb drive :D) It would be nice if someone can tell me how i can restore it using a usb
If i cant use my friend's disc is there anyway i can restore my computer to the day i got it some how.
(plz dont ans- get a disc drive/and get a recovery disc because i dont want to buy it.)
THANK YOU BLEEPING COMPUTER IN ADVANCE BECAUSE OF U I HAV FIXED PREVIOUS VIRUS/MISC PROBLEMS

Well there is a way to get a restore disc on a USB drive you need to have the proper disc and have a computer that Can boot from USB. The disc that your friend has will not work as dell discs are dell specific. You will have to get a disc from hp.

kk thank you. To bad i cant. Its kk though... I request this post to be deleted.

This post has been edited by sosolidj4tt: 09 November 2011 - 01:33 PM

Your welcome, and we generally don't delete topics that are solved, that way others can read it later.

Did you look to see if your computer has a recovery partition, which takes the place of disks? Most computer manufacturers no longer use the disks.

Instead they have the recovery partition. For an HP, open up My Computer. Under Hard Disk Drives is there anything else listed besides Drive C?

If there is and you don't have a slave drive that should be the recovery partition.