Can't restore my laptop

I was given a Toshiba Satellite A105-s4384. I do not have any recovery disk. I have tried holding "0" beside the 9. I have tried the f12 and HDD method any none of these work. No mater which method I have used the computer boots normally. The only reason I am trying to do a factory reset is because my ISP told me that since my device manager screen was blank, I needed to reprogram the computer. This all started because it would not read my wireless modem.

Hi DeborahAndrew,
I have tried holding "0" beside the 9. I have tried the f12 and HDD method any none of these work. No mater which method I have used the computer boots normally
Hmm upon trying to evaluate your issue it appears that your laptop doesn't have a partition. I would suggest that you need to buy a Recovery Media HERE.
Hope this works for you!
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