T61 rescue/recovery Mess up

I wonder if someone has been in this kind of a mess as well. I have a T61 that comes preinstalled with 32-bit Vista Business and a free XP downgrade option. He is now out of warranty. I tried to restore my computer to factory settings. I inserted the disc Rescue and Recovery (I had done once before) and it is somehow installed XP Pro without telling me. I was in for a shock when you have completed the procedure of 6 CD. Desperate to get back to Vista installation, I tried the Vista recovery CD and found that it had removed all existing partitions. I can nor operating system uses now. I have a full disk on the back of the Vista installation but thinkvantage keeps telling me that the system cannot be restored! It has consumed a lot of time.

All advice?

Thank you!

GTAN!

I had downloaded a Vista recovery on the net image earlier. I used it to repair the installation of Vista after restoring a backup, but apparently, it blew everything; I couldn't even drive through Ubuntu live. Then I restarted and command prompt sets the bcd (bcdedit). The partition information it says unknown that had to be fixed. Fortunately, I have everything back now.

Happy Days!

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