HDD Recovery - Satellite P300-1GQ

Is it possible to perform recovery of factory default software or recovery to out-of-box state for my laptop Satellite P300-1GQ?
Ive used Toshiba HDD Recovery Tool and it only formatted the C partition leaving the partition D unchanged. Vista is running smoothly, all data on D partition are available. I could just format the partition D but the catch is that the folder titled HDD recovery is stored on D partition. Back in 2009 when I purchased my laptop I created the HDD Recovery DVDs as instructed. I could use them and format the entire hard disk but the information I got from the support technician in my country told me that the new HDD recovery folder would not be created.
I just want to wipe the entire drive and perform fresh installation, having again HDD recovery folder on D partition of the disk, in short: as it is now. Is this possible or not?

To be honest, the difference between the recovery DVD and a recovery HDD tool was confusing. Vista ran for 2,5 years before I had to reinstall it. And that was the moment when the confusion started.
I thought recovery DVDs I made 2,5 years ago should be used if and when a recovery HDD tool fails. And I thought those two options were going to do the same thing: format the entire drive i.e. return the laptop to factory settings (Ive done this countless times with XP and I know the drill).
But I was really surprised when I saw recovery HDD tool formatting only partition C (where Vista is). I thought I made a mistake (didnt check a box or something) and ran the process again.
But no, this tool only formats C i.e. the partition where OS is.
I checked the manual and there was no reference about formatting only one partition but the entire drive itself. In fact the description for both options (recovery DVD and a recovery HDD tool) where the same.
I think they forgot to mention what happens if you have two or more partitions.
Then I called support for Toshiba (in my country) and they told me that if I use the recovery DVDs I will return the laptop to factory settings but without HDD recovery folder on D. And again I was more confused :)
So, that is the reason why I asked you the second question :)

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