Can you restore from the hidden drive if Windows was written over?

Hello all,
Looking for some help here... I friend brought me his Lenovo 300 (N100) notebook that he said had a virus on it. Instead of bringing it to me to fix the virus, he first tried reloading windows (xp) from a standard windows XP disk he had from his desktop machine. The notebook now has Windows working, but of course it's a fresh install, and he lost all his other stuff. He "said" he didn't allow the install to reformat the drive, just installed over the old one, so the factory hidden partition, so the old programs, etc are still there.
Is there a way to get into the hidden partition and re-install (restore) the original Windows factory setup from it? I tried hitting F11 to bring up the recovery console, but I just get a similar window as you get from F8, and then it boots into the new windows. Any other way to get a restored system?
He said he called Lenovo to try and get a recovery CD, but they said they don't sell recovery CD's to out of warranty products anymore - which is why he tried a standard Windows CD. I looked up the Driver Downloads on the Lenovo website, and it looks like everything might be there for me to rebuild, if he's past getting a recovery from the partition.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hello All,
Well, I guess I jumped the gun! After I posted my question, I did some more searching and found the info for creating the Rescue & recovery diskette that allows you to re-enable the F11 option in order to access the rescue & recovery partition.
I was able to re-enable the F11, and am restoring the system as we speak.
Thanks for being here!
Chugbug.

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