What is the make of your pc? Dell, Hp, etc? If it's Dell it may come with a "system restore" disc and not one labeled "vista cd". Also, if it has a recovery partition then accessing it will usually be done through the startup of the pc. Like F2 or DEL keys get you into the BIOS, F11 may boot you into the recovery partition. It depends on your system. Also, it seems lately pcs are not coming with a restore disc or the actual os disc because they have the image ready to burn and expect you to burn it instead of them doing it for you. Last but not least you can usually order the restore disc from the pc maker. It usually costs about 15$.