USB recovery media from Toshiba for Windows 7 doesn´t work

Hi,
Recently as my laptop Potégé was slow I reinstalled Windows without using Toshiba recovery disks. Now I can't activate Windows 7 (64 bits), so I ordered a USB recovery media from Toshiba. I tried to use it but it doesn't work. I turn off the laptop, turn it on again pressing F12, -with the USB plugged to the laptop- and when I press HDD recovery, the system just takes me to Windows as usual, without reinstalling. Any thoughts on how to reinstall?
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Hi,
Are you getting a boot option menu when you press f12? Have you tried going into BIOS to check your boot order? Usually f2 or DEL will get you to BIOS, or at the bottom of the boot option menu (which I assume is f12). Once you are in BIOS, check that your USB drive is above the others in the boot order and save your configuration and reboot. If you are still having a problem, you might check to see how many USB devices you have plugged in, or chained, and remove the ones that are not necessary because they could interfere with booting to your USB drive. If you are using a USB hub, you might try putting the usb key into a different slot to give it priority over the other USB devices on boot up. The highest priority slot on a USB hub might be the one closest to the USB cable that plugs in to your laptop's USB port.

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