How to recover Windows Vista on Satellite A210?

My friend bought Thoshiba Satellite A210. The machine is running slow, so he wants to reinstall Vista.
Can we recover it from hard drive?
He does not have any CD coming with the laptop.
Thanks.

The A210 was definitely delivered with the Toshiba Recovery DVD which would help you to get the notebook back to the factory settings.
As far as I know the A210 was not equipped with the HDD Recovery option and therefore the Recovery DVD should be in the package.
If you dont have the Recovery DVD anymore, then you could order it here:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
Bye

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> {quote:title=JoeLouis wrote:}{quote}
> >Does anyone know if there is any chance to interrupt Toshiba recovery process or windows autoconfiguration process to load a specific driver?
>
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Greetings,
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