Having trouble restoring to factory defaults

My netbook is a S10-3, Model # 0647, Running Win7 Basic
After holding the Arrow-Restore-Key for One Key Recovery on startup, it gives me 3 options: System Backup, System Recovery, Create Recovery Disc.
Now I pick System Recovery and it keeps rebooting my computer into the "the system recovery environment", which just reboots my computer and nothing else.
Help?
I thought Lenovo computers have automatically factory options available...

Hi and welcome,
the way to factory restore described here create OKR Factory restore discs
regards KalvinKlein
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