Recovery partition recovery area is missing

I have a Satellite L505-S6946 with an invalid recovery partition. I must have damaged that area at some point though not really sure what I did. I neglected to have created any recovery disks. Is their a way to have this partition restored somehow or can I order recovery disks in case my system (Vista home premium 320bit) needs to be recovered. Any suggestions would be helpfull?

Order then at Get Recovery Media here.
-Jerry

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