Can I install Windows after having format my laptop?

After an automatic update that probably didn't work right (there wasn't any message like "update was finished" or "restart your computer"), windows on my laptop cannot start anymore. There is a message everytime just before windows are starting that some .dll files "haven't been found"... I decided to format my laptop using an old version of Windows XP but the problem still remain. Now I have no operating system.
Can I reinstall windows with the recovery CD? I still haven't try it... I have a Satellite U200 laptop.

Hi
You can use the Recovery CD and its advisable and recommended to using this Recovery CD for the OS reinstallation. Generally such OS was tested and should works without any problems.
But you have to use the original recovery CD which was delivered with this notebook. Recovery CD from another notebook will not work. I hope you use the right one

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