Laptop crash

SRWD41

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Nov 18, 2012
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Hello,
My acer Laptop recently crashed after a windows update. Was unable to restore or reset. Now get message telling me to install windows 7 from DVD. Like most was never given DVD.

I do however have XP from an old machine I had.
Can I reload the XP and then recover my windows 7 from the partition I think is on my HDD.