Lenovo N100 won't boot!

Almost two weeks ago I shut my computer down one night and the next morning it would not boot. It goes through the motions but before starting windows i get a blue screen for a split second and then it restarts. I got a boot disk for windows vista and used the repair feature on that but it did not help. Since it looked like I would have to restore the whole thing to get it working again, I transferred all my personal files from it to another laptop. Now I just need to restore.
The problem is that somewhere along the way, the Lenovo recovery system that comes up when you press the "lenovo care" button doesnt load anymore. I've been trying to figure out a way to get that back. I found in the Troubleshooting section of lenovo a way to make a boot disk but it only works with Floppy disks and I do not have a floppy drive! (see here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483) Is there a way to get that on a CD? Please Help!
Any other ideas would be welcome as well.
-Anna

Hello Anna,
I am sorry to bother you, but I was thinking about a girl I met several years ago in Port Ritchie, Florida and googled her name, Anna Zucco and I found you here.
Although I am not sure if you are the same beautiful Polish girl from Tarnow / Chicago...I met some years ago.
If you are her...I am Ken...the ornament guy that spent a few wonderful days with you.
If you are the same Anna...please write me back at my regular email. I would love to hear from you.
Ken
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if you are not her...i hope you resolved the problem with your computer.

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