Any way to archive XP recovery data without optical drive

I just bought a Thinkpad X200 with an XP downgrade.  A sheet with the documentation suggested I immediately make a set of XP recovery disks since a restore would install Vista.  The X200 comes without an optical drive.  The obvious (and annoying) solution is to buy an external drive.  But I hate to go to that expense for a single use (and couldn't find one I could borrow).  I was wondering whether there is some way I can just archive the data on a flash drive, or (without jumping through too many hoops) network the Thinkpad with my desktop and write the CDs on that machine.  (Though, obviously, if I need to do a resore at some point, I'll have to get a drive for that.)  

Hi,
I hope this is still relevant for you...
I had to face the exact same dilemma with my T43. I too wanted to make a recovery cd, but wasn't able to thanks to having a DVD read only optical drive.
My solution was rather creative:
I googled for a software which lets you emulate a DVD burner, and what I does is it saves whatever the recovery program is sending to the "fake" burner to an .iso file, which later I could just copy to a different machine with a DVD burner and burn to disc.
My solution requires having a second machine near by and transferring the large .iso file via network.
Hope this helps,
Elhay

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