Vista Recovery Help - Satellite L300-149

Hi all!
Have tried numerous places and can't find the answers I'm looking for, so here I am.
My nephew has a Toshiba Satellite L300 - 149 that won't boot up past the Windows Vista log in screen.
I want to do a full system restore on it (ie. back to factory settings) .
Now, it was shipped without recovery discs as seems to be the norm these days so, after much seraching I found the directions for pressing either the F8 and the zero key on boot up.
Now.... F8 brings up a menu (zero key does nothing) but the menu (Advanced Options or something) DOES NOT include the option to repair the system. It brings up a list of other things including....
ENABLE BOOT LOGGING
ENABLE VGA MODE
LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION
DIRECTORY SERVICES
DEBUGGING MODE
DISABLE AUTO RE START
There are a couple of other options too, but not a one that offers a complete recovery.
Can anyone shed light on how I can do a full restore via the HDD, or whether this model even supports the option? (There's been absolutely no tampering with the OS since it was purchased.) Failing that, where can I get restore discs from?
thanks
Bear

It was a preinstalled Vista - the laptop came via Carphone Warehouse and T-Mobile on one of their deals. It has the sticker on with the key code so it's all legit.
My nephew hadn't created any recovery discs himself, and I didn't think to when he purchased it a couple of years ago.
There's nothing on it that can't be replaced so a full HDD recovery that overwrites everything isn't an issue.
Thing is, I've followed all the instructions I can find and so far none of them have worked, and the "Repair Your Computer" option after pressing F8 is *definitely* not there when I get to that point. If it was, I'd have used it.
Guess I'll have to hunt around for available HDD Recovery discs.
Thanks for your responses folks :)

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