Can xp recovery partition get virus?

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My sister has a newer Compaq with XP HE. The PC has a "Recovery Partition"
(D drive) instead of XP or recovery CD's. Her kids virused it up real bad,
and I used the F10 option to recover. After recovery, there were still some
old programs in there, plus some viruses. Can the Recovery Partition have
gotten infected also? Is there a way to do a clean re-install on the PC that
has no CD's? Thanks much.


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