Unable to create recovery disks

Hi,i just purchased a HP Probook 4320s and i would like to create a recovery disk set as soon as possible so if i need to go back to factory settings i can do,however when i followed the instructions to do so on this site it says go to start>all programs> recovery manager. But when i go to start>all programs there is no recovery manager to be found.I did a search for it and system restore comes up with the option to reformat to factory settings but no option to burn a set of recovery disks.Am i looking in the wrong place or could it be under a different heading? I have a Probook 4320s.please help.Thanks

Hi,
Please read the 1st post by Paul_Tikkanen in This Thread as I believe it also applies in your case.
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