Vista Installation Disk

I recently purchased a Toshiba Laptop L305-S5921 and just now realized that no Vista disk or recovery disk of any kind came with it. Is there some other way I'm supposed to get a disk if necessary or create one myself?
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Toshiba Sat. C75D-B7260 Win 8.1 64 Bit--Toshiba Sat. L775D-S7132 Win 7 HP SP1 64 Bit and Win 10 PRO Technical Preview--Toshiba Sat. L305-S5921 Win Vista SP2 32 Bit
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I recently purchased a Toshiba Laptop L305-S5921 and just now realized that no Vista disk or recovery disk ofany kind came with it. Is there some other way I'm supposed to get a disk if necessary or create one myself?
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You're expected to make them yourself - refer to page 61 of your user guide.

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