hp laptop restarts all the time

[majordave]

Suggest you load up windows 7 home starter [On a DVD]

Will most likely fix problems.

No, it won't. Windows 7 home starter doesn't have the drivers for the various components that are specific to HIS particular laptop. For example, there are hundreds of different graphics cards, and he needs the drivers for the one that's in HIS laptop.

Go to the HP website and download the drivers from there -- make sure you first read the instructions which explains the order in which drivers should be downloaded or they may not all work.