Can I format HDD and reinstall Windows 7 on Qosmio F60 without CD

I think my hard drive is failing on my Quosmio F60 so I want to reformat the hard drive to see if that will fix it. But I don't have the original packaging and information with me at the moment so I'm not sure if it came with a windows 7 CD or not. Either way, I don't have the CD.
I found on the net that most manufacturer's who deliver without a CD include a "recovery partition" or "factory image partition" that you can access during boot up. Does anyone know if the Quosmio F60 came with a CD or if it has this recovery partition or factory image partition? Or do you know if there's a way I can check if my computer has it?
If you have any other information on formatting the hard drive and reinstalling windows 7 without the CD please let me know.
Thanks.

The notebook did not come with an Windows disk because there is an tool called Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator which create the recovery disk.
The recovery partition was available and it allows you to recover the notebook without the usage of recovery disk but this does not work if the HDD has failed.
Here a nice HowTo about HDD recovery
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD1303440001R01.htm
So if you dont have a recovery disk and cannot recovery the notebook using HDD recovery then you have two options:
- You will order a new recovery disk
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