Starting up a laptop

Hello,
could I obtain a copy of Windows XP Home edition on my USB stick and try to boot my laptop that won't startup. I lost my original installation CD so I can not startup a laptop. Any suggestions?

Yes you can (install & boot from usb) on DELL for sure. If not, there are solutions on the web, just Google it !

So, contact microsoft and they will verify the lefgiitimacy of your request to receive a copy of the OS. Doing it any other way is illegal !

You haven't provided any useful information yet, other than it won't boot.
Computer make/model. Do you get blue screen, or any other message ?

Can you boot into safe mode ?

You may have corrupted OS, it may be memory, or boot sector damaged, and so on.

You need to buy a new hard-drive, and install Windows on that. You will not get support from Microsoft for this, it's an OEM Windows version from Dell, and is supported by Dell. To get a restore disk you need to go through them. Do no try to keep using a hard-drive once it has errors, especially after a test told you it needs to be replaced.

Take out the old drive, put in the new one, use the restore disks to install Widows. You can get an external enclosure for your old drive and copy your files back over.

It is stop:0x0000007B and I got it this way: while booting I pressed F8 and I got a possibility from safe mode to normal boot. I choosed safe mode and pressed again F8 (I mean hold, not only pressed) and then I got blu screen which do not move anymore with advises about checking for viruses and stuff like that. Ast the end there was a technical informationa with STOP.