Problem Restoring Factory settings from Rescue CD (no Recovery Disk 1)

I am trying to reset my Lenovo 3000 N100 to factory settings from the Recovery and Rescue CDs I created when I first got the laptop. At the time, the system created 3 disks which were labeled: Lenovo Rescue S/U; 1C and Final C.
The process starts with the Rescue S/U, but after the initial reboot it asks for Disk 1. I have tried all 3 disks, but none of them are accepted as "Disk 1". The only options are OK and Cancel. When I select OK, it asks for Disk 1. When I select Cancel, it reboots the system returns to the recovery screen, and asks for Disk 1.
This is an endless loop. Can't get past it's looking for Disk 1.

Gerry_M, welcome to the forum,
there could be two possible issues at work here which I can think of;
after booting from the cd are you choosing to restore your system to factory or to an image? You must select the factory option.
Are you getting a message asking for a "supplemental disc"? If so you need to click no at this point and it should then ask for the first recovery disc.
Hope this helps
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