Windows 7 to Windows Vista?

You probably didn't install a different operating system too.

I agree Johnnythan in this case, if your OS boots to Win7 , system restore will only restore Windows 7. If there is a manufacturers recover partition and it is intact I suggest that you contact the PC manufacturer because when installing Win7 the drive that held the manufacturers software may have been formatted and consequently the recovery console software would be lost.

ok so now my post has, i think, been turned into a big argument more than trying to help me...

listen to jonnythan and I said it as well in the 2nd post in this thread THERE IS NO RESTORE. So backup your important files and reinstall

problem is i cant reinstall without a disk to do it with!

You are correct .... It seems that with Windows Vista, the manufacturers have not provided a recovery console but instead instruct the buyers to burn an installation disk upon purchase. There was a release candidate of Windows 7 offered from microsoft that will work until the spring of 2010. I am not sure that it is still available. It requires a clean installation so you will have to back up your files. Here is the link


https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx?ITPID=googles

ok