System recovery missing files

I got a HP 2000 notebook PC build 9600. I just got this note book from my friend and the first thing i wanted to do was do a system restore to bring it back to factory settings so I looked up a video and found out how to do that so when i whent to go do that the notebook told me that it had missing files so i couldnt do a system restore i asked my friend if they had any cd's that the notebook most have came with but they didnt so i have been looking online how to fix my problem so i can do a system restore .
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Hi:
First you need to determine the exact model of your HP 2000.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00033108&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
Then if you live in the United States, you can order a set of recovery disks online from the notebook's driver page.

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