Virus destroyed partitions.

i have a toshiba s855d-s5653 i think. my issue is i cannot afford to purchase the recovery media disc, is there anyway i can get the program that goes on windows 7 64bit to create a Toshiba recovery disc?
Sincerely,
Myke Peffer
832-385-2298
[email protected]

Now you have 3 threads open on the same issue. This particular thread, and this one, and now this one.
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