I downloaded an ISO of Windows Vista Home Premium from here: -10/scaricare-windows-vista-dvd-iso-italiano-download-diretto-ufficiale-8.... I used a BitTorrent client.
I don't know if this is an original one but It works. With this ISO I was able to reinstall Windows and activate It with the product key written on the botton of the PC.
Thanks a lot for the support.
So, basically Windows Vista is old operating system which is not Microsoft supported since Apirl 2017 and not sold (distributed) for many years. There is no official way to download Windows Vista ISO and there are very few (if any, at all) unofficial ways.
Best2Serve/Ingram Micro is a company which is official HP partner and it is HP distributor and recovery media provider for Europe and EU. It's phone in Italy is 080 989 8006 and they work Monday to Friday, from 08.30 AM to 6.00 PM. This is their website >> -it/page/rcd_hardware_related_products
Just to add another 2cents here. Have you tried booting into the recovery partition by tapping away on the F11 key at power on to do a System Recovery? You can initiate it from within Windows also if your laptop still boots into Windows. Both processes are explained here:
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