HDD recovery issues and recovery disk creator issues

Hello there,
I have been trying for the life of me to use the HDD on my Satellite A205-S5804 lap top.It came preinstalled with vista
To no avail once selected it just starts the pc and never goes to the options. I have also tried to download the software needed to create my own and restore my pc to factory. Am I only left to purchase the recovery disks needed to restore my pc to factory condition.
I have also tried running as admin to make these changes and it keeps telling me to enter admin password that I never created.
Is there a download available to restore the HDD function or to complete the download so I can use the Hard drive recovery disk creator..
Help please.
Mary

Ohh, Im sorry miss..I do apologize..
So, you're saying that you were able to do the recovery without the discs before??
Did you do the recovery or did you do a system restore??
If you really did the recovery and it is not allowing you to continue, try doing this one..
Turn OFF the laptop, unplug the charger then remove the battery.
Put them back together..
Turn ON the laptop, just as you press the power button, start tapping F2 keeps on tapping it until you see the BIOS set up utility screen. Hit F9 to load the BIOS to its default then choose yes. Hit F10 to save and exit then choose yes.
Wait for the laptop to boot then try doing the recovery again if it will not boot up.
If the recovery will not work, possible problem with the HDD since the recovery partition is saved on the HDD.

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Contact Toshiba as shown in this post. Tell them that the Recovery Disk Creator was unable to create the last disk. They should provide you with replacement disks at no charge in this case.
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It looks like something has been changed on the HDD
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This means you need to order a new Recovery disk from Toshiba.
You can do this here:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
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If you have used this in the past to create the disks just use one of the previous disks to restore the system. The disk you made previously would be exactly the same as you would create now.
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Hi mate,
Can you please tell us what happens if you uninstall ultraiso program? To be honest ths program isnt known to me, I never heard about this.
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Do you use this tool for the first time?
This tool will work with factory settings only and nothing should be changed (preinstalled tools or partitions structure).
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F8 will works just if you didnt change anything with first partition and if you still use factory settings.
"Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator" cannot be gone for no reason. Either you have removed it from the system or you have installed own Vista OS.
I don't want to speculate why you cannot use F8 anymore but fact is that for new Vista installation you need recovery DVD.
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This option is not offered on this notebook model. Because of that Toshiba gives DVD recovery that can be used for operating system installation.
>I do have the Toshiba Recovery Disk that came with the computer, but have been warned NOT to test it, otherwise it may actually cause me problems!
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I did a clean install of windows 7 when I upgraded and no longer have the Toshiba recovery disk creator.
I can still boot the HDD recovery tool I did not delete this partition when I upgraded. I would like to be able to create a recovery disk for my system in case anything ever happened to my Hard Drive.
Where can I download he Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator tool? Is there another way for me to get a recovery Disk?

Wait a moment.
I believe with your answers you go in the wrong direction.
Timox asked very good question but you didn't offer exact answer.
Please don't mix two very important but completely different things:
# New notebooks are delivered without recovery DVD and this installations DVD must be created by notebook owner. For this purposes Toshiba has installed small tool called "Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator". This tool can be used for installations disc creation only.
# I don't know what do you understand under HDD recovery tool but fact is that recovery image is saved on second partition and can be used for HDD recovery installation. This can be done if you have factory settings only. After own operating system installation you will probably not be able to start HDD installation anymore even if the recovery files are still saved on second partition.
As I can see you have US notebook model. I don't know exactly how it works there but the principle must be the same as here in Europe.
At start-up you must press F8 or zero to enter Advanced boot options. There you should find option Repair my computer and following this option you will enter System recovery options with Toshiba recovery option.
When you install own operating system this option will be gone. I describe now how it works on European models but I believe on US models it must be similar.
So again the important questions:
Have you ever tried to start this HDD recovery installation (F8 or 0 at start-up)?
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