System recovery help

2 weeks ago, my Windows Vista desktop broke down. It isnt a hardware problem, just lacking some boot up files. I wanted to do a system recovery, but at the same time, I want to keep those files on my desktop. So I went and install a bootable window xp on it. I managed to extract the file I wanted, however, now I cant do system recovery to turn it back to my original window vista! I clearly remember installing the windows xp on a drive that is not the recovery drive.

Now what can I do? Anyone have any idea? Is it possible to somehow download the files needed for a recovery?

Okay We need to know were you Installed Vista and If there was a Recovery Partition there could you Please upload a Picture of your Drive map (I haven't used XP so I do not know if there is one) and Also we need to know what is the Company that made the Computer? This will help us to find a Way of activating that Recovery Partition

Hope This Helps,
Josh

Hello mrclub, welcome to Vista Forums!





The first thing to try is to do a startup repair to your Vista to get it booting again; create the recovery disk and use that to do the startup repair; be sure to post back if you have any questions and to keep us informed.
Have a look at the tutorials at the links below.


How to Create a Vista Recovery Disc

How to Do a Startup Repair in Vista