Gateway restore partition

[jgaupel]

Hello,
Vista laptop after being upgraded to 7 will not let me run the restore software, the partition is intact. The gateway bios driven software seems to try and load but 7 takes over and boots
how can I get this laptop back to vista with only the partition to work with

 

[buwish]

To access the partition, you have to hit f5 or whatever the function key is to access the restore partition at the splash screen when you first start up the computer.