Compaq Vista Recovery From Windows and Hard drive

You can start the recovery from within Windows as follows:

Click Start
Click All Programs
Click Recovery Manager
Click Recovery Manager again

Click next when the Recovery Manager program loads. You will be prompted with several questions before the recovery starts.

"Would you like to perform a program recovery?" - choose no
"Would you like to perform a driver recovery?" - choose no
"Would you like to launch Microsoft System Restore?" - choose no
"Would you like to recover your computer to its original factory condition?" - choose yes

The computer will now restart and launch the recovery program.