Can't Find Service Partition on ThinkPadR400 7440CN1

I bought this laptop from a friend who bought this laptop refurbished from Best Buy. I want to reinstall everything on this computer and get it back to the factory settings but have no way of installing it. For trying to burn a repair disk using the "Create a System Repair Disk" I do not have a dvd/cd drive that is able to burn any CD's, so I can't do that. Then when I try to find this service partition by reading the manual and following the steps at the bottom of this page http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/44c9771_a5.pdf the rescue and recovery workspace does not open. What ends up happening is I just end up going back into the BIOS Setup Utility. What can I do to reinstall this computer?

koppj wrote:
There is a sticker saying windows 7 pro refurbished pc's
There you go. That's why you couldn't locate a recovery partition - there wasn't one to begin with.
Use any W7 Pro media to install the OS and then call MS to activate it since I doubt that it will allow you to do it automatically.
Good luck.
Cheers,
George
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