Satellite L300 - Can I start the recovery from DOS?

Hi all, is it possible to boot the recovery image from an L300 in DOS?
The reason I ask is, I have a laptop that will not boot in any way shape or form. If put in a Vista disc and go to DOS prompt I can see the recovery partition & files, so is this possible or what are my options?
Thanks in advance
Regards, Ciaran

> , is it possible to boot the recovery image from an L300 in DOS?
I doubt this is possible
What you could do is to start the Toshiba HDD recovery procedure pressing the F8 button.
Then a boot menu should appear and there you should choose the first option called Repair my Computer.
Then a new window should open providing a option called Toshiba recovery.
Choose it and usually the HDD recovery should start.
But this procedure is possible only if the second partition and the HDD recovery folder have not been changed

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