need recovery cd badly
anyone have an image file or copy of cd
thanks in advance
larry violette

Looks like this is copyrighted software, and not available for download on HP's website (they acquired Compaq some time ago) ... however you can order a copy of the recovery CD, the procedure is explained here : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07143&product=93925&dlc=en&lang=en#N10048

You should also have a look to this page (h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=93925&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us) after you will have reinstalled your system, there seem to be lots of updates and fixes for this computer.)