X60 no external cd need recovery

I have a X60 without an external cd drive. There in no
operating system on it. I checked there is the hidden partition.
How do  I boot into the hidden partition to recover the system to
factory settings.
Only have access to the usb ports. I do have a working T61 with cd drive that could be
used if needed.
Thanks.

Hi, slyo
When you first turn on the computer, there should be a prompt along the bottom saying something along the lines of "Press **KEY** to interrupt normal startup." Follow this prompt. Once you do, there should be a menu that pops up with several options. One of these options should read "Recovery." Select that option and then follow the prompts. This should allow you to access the recovery partition without a disc.
Hope it helps,
Adam
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