You can use nLite to create a Windows CD from your HP recovery disk.

Please read this tutorial:

http://antionline.com/showthread.php...light=recovery

For your immediate problem go here:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_restart.htm

You need to scroll down a bit but you are told how to reinstall kernel32.dll from the CD/recovery console.