Satellite L300 - Disk.sys error on Windows start up

I got my recovery disk today inserted and after a couple of reboots I managed to to get the Advanced menu F8. I selected option for Safe Mode with command prompt. The window started to load various windows drivers etc. It has now stopped at the line of code with a please wait and has been like this for over 2hours.
Loaded: \windows\system32\drivers\disk.sys
I booted up in VGA mode same
I tried last known good configuration no joy.
what's left for me to do it is obvious that I have a bad driver how do I interrupt the command prompt and run chdisk or check for corrupt drivers etc.
If I have to reload the OS can this be downloaded from microsoft or is it chargeable.
If anyone has any new ideas I would be very grateful need to get this sorted.
thanks
Franco

Hi TwoLags,
as you can see from the paper trail I originally could not get into advanced mode the forum suggested I purchased a recovery disk . The disk now allows me to get into F8 and advanced mode if I choose safe mode it scrolls through all the drivers but halts at \windows\system32\drivers\disk.sys with a please wait message in the windows bar.
I have tried booting up in safe mode with cmd prompt same,last known good config dark screen?.
My question is what happens next am I looking at a complete OS reinstall which I don't have windows vista home premium edition 32 bit.
Surely there must be a way of intreput the safe mose cmd and run a disk check to repair any corrupted files etc.
cheers
Frank

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