G570 BIOS Issue

My Lenovo G570 is working fine one day.  When I try to use it a few days later, I receive a Windows boot error;
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
I thought "Oh great! Now I have to find my recovery disks!"... which I do have.  Problem is when I try to load the BIOS by restarting the laptop and pressing F2, keep getting the same Boot error.  The machine does not load the BIOS as I thought it would.  I'm not sure what to do from here.  I need access to the BIOS to change the boot order and have the machine read my recovery disk.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

hi poinsda,
Welcome to the Community.
Can you try the following:
1. Insert your Recovery Discs and try pressing F12 on startup - this displays a boot manager where you can select a boot device (i.e. HDD, CD/DVD, etc.) - select CD/DVD to boot from the Recovery Disc.
2. Turn off the machine and press the One Key Recovery button to trigger the built-in recovery feature on the HDD.
Note:
Loading the Recovery Discs or doing the One Key Recovery will wipe the machine and restore its factory settings
Let me know your findings,
neokenchi
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