Satellite L300 Windows 7 back to Vista with Toshiba Recovery CDs

Hello all,
I have a Toshiba Satellite Series L300 (2008 model) laptop which originally had Vista but I installed Windows 7 Professional on it. I now wish to return back to Vista.
I noted that the 'Windows.old' folder created on the C:/ drive seems to be missing a lot of files and could have been altered since the date it was created. I think it would be too risky to use it to recover back to Vista.
So my question is can I use my original set of Toshiba Recovery DVDs to get back to Vista? I want to do a full factory reset to recover my system to when it was originally purchased with Vista.
If the Recovery DVDs is not an option and the only was is by using the Windows.old folder, if it is lacking important files could it leave my system corrupted? I am sure there is a way to get back to Vista by factory restore somehow.
Comments and feedback urgently required!
Thanks in advance.

Hello sauza
Wait a moment. You mix two different things. If you want to install original recovery image it can be done on two ways:
# Using created recovery discs DVDs
# Install image using HDD recovery method (recovery image saved on HDD)
>Ok but how do I use the Toshiba recovery disks to reset my computer back to Vista factory settings?
This question is related to method 1.
>I press F8 at start-up---> select Repair computer---> select my language----> Then it gives me Windows 7 Options to only Restore by Disk Image which I created at a earlier date.
This description is related to method 2 and has nothing with installation with Toshiba recovery disks as you wrote in your last posting.
Method 2 can be used if notebook has factory settings. After own OS installation recovery image is not available anymore and recovery image can be installed with recovery discs only.
I hope you understand now how it works.
If you have more questions please let me know.

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