Can't recover my laptop-"Repair My Computer" not appearing in the boot menu

A couple of times in the past have had to recover my laptop and it has been an easy process thanks to the built in recovery option (Repair my computer) in the boot menu (when F8 is pressed on the Toshiba screen), but now when i press F8 during the Toshiba screen and go to the boot options, there is no option to repair my computer. Repair my computer is usually the very first option but now the first option is "Start Windows in Safe mode". Repair my computer has disapeared! :(
I think the cause of my problem is that i booted my laptop using my friend's windows boot disk when my computer wouldn't start a month back. It actually got my laptop going again but after booting my laptop, it told me that there is a problem with the startup and it asked if i would like to repair it and restart, which i did. Also, the windows boot disk i used to boot my laptop is a 64bit version and my laptop has a 32bit operating system. i don't know if that makes any difference.
Could someone please help me by letting me know if there is something i can do to get "Repair my computer" back. It's so handy recovering my computer when i want to just start afresh and get my laptop running at it's best again.

Hi!
I agree with Horwath. You can nothing do expect to boot from Toshiba recovery disk and restore the factory settings.
If the Repair my computer option doesnt work its strange OS issue that cant be fixed. A new installation is necessary.
But with Toshiba recovery disk its done in few minutes. Boot from and it and follow the screen instructions. After this all drivers are installed too and the notebook is ready to use. :)

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