First, How COOL!
They drop the thing from like 28 inches.
At the bottom in the fine print the disclaimer (#15) says
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15 The Product Recovery DVD-ROM is required.
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So it looks like they are selling the thing you need to "recover" the "product".
Not to contradict Kodi (he knows more than me but) maybe your boot problem could be solved in BIOS by changing the "Boot Order" ? If it's going to the bad HD first, usually (in desktops) you can change the boot order so it tries something else first.
There are also tutorials on how to make a bootable USB thumbdrive. I tried it myself, but never really managed to get it to work.
But anyways how cool a product is that. -20 C to 60 C operating range. With a core duo CPU too.
Hay, oh yeah what about the removeable HD ? I think you can by laptop HD "enclosures" so you can run them in desktops. Maybe get XP installed somehow via a desktop and then transfer the HD back to the laptop ?