Hi ewshorty, If Repair your computer option is not available, you can try to repair the computer from the Operating system disk. If you have the Windows Vista operating system disc, please follow the steps to repair your computer: Startup Repair will automatically find problems with your computer and try to repair it. Once it’s finished, restart your computer and check. If the problem persists then you need to do a manual reinstallation of the operating system in the computer and download the drivers. Note: In the process of reinstalling operating system you will lose all the data in the computer. Please reply for further help.
I have a partition containing the factory image.  I am trying to restore the factory image since my operating system is corrupted.  When I press F8, I see the menu items you would expect to see in the Advanced Boot Options Window except for the menu item which I need: "Repair Your Computer".  Is there some way to get this "Repair Your Computer" option for restoring the factory image using the Windows Vista reinstallation DVD? If so, please give me the procedure.  I have a XPS 420.  Thanks.
Problems restoring factory image (Vista)