Satellite A300 - Vista won't load, computer won't start

Satellite A300
Model Number: PSAGCA-02W010
Vista will not load; have tried start up repair; system restore and starting in safe mode, none of these will work. I get the error "Error 0x80070570: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
I don't know what I have done with my recovery CD; or if I even got any with my purchase (from Harvey Norman).
Please advise what can be done.

Hey,
> I don't know what I have done with my recovery CD; or if I even got any with my purchase (from Harvey Norman).
Normally you dont get any recovery disk with the notebook because you have to create it yourself using Toshiba recovery disk but this is mentioned in user manual. Probably you have already done this and you can find the recovery disks again. ;)
If not you have to follow the instructions posted by Andrej: You have to start HDD recovery feature to get rid of this. Enter the advanced boot menu of Windows where you can choose to start in Windows in safe mode, etc. and select Repair my computer. Vista will load some files and on new window you can choose the Toshiba HDD recovery feature.

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