Mini 110 Recovery - no disc drive

my daughter clicked a link to a virus that completely wiped our 110 Mini. I've contacted HP support on 2 different occasions. the first operator said my hard drive had crashed and needed to send it to HP; the second tech walked me through the steps of the short/long hard drive tests and it passed the hard drive test (F10, F11, F2 - nothing works - im staring at a dos prompt upon startup).
so, now i need a recovery disc - problem is that i have no disc drive on the mini. Is there a way to create a recovery USB from another PC and load it onto the flash drive of the Mini? If so, how large or a flash do i need?
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi:
If it windows XP, you will need to purchase a set of recovery disks. The method I posted is only good for Windows 7.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07143&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en
There are no XP installation files available for download from any legal source that I know of.
If HP no longer has the disks, you may be able to get a set from this vendor. You need to have the exact model of the mini in order to get the right set of recovery disks either from HP or elsewhere.
http://www.computersurgeons.com/
To get the exact model, you need to enter the Product Number in the box at the link below. The P/N is on the same sticker as the serial number.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/siteHome?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us
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You won't be able to use the operating system for more than 30 days without a product key. It will just shut down after that and lock you out until you provide a key.
Your only option would be to keep reinstalling Windows every 30 days...
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