Re-image from recovery media is failing on Windows 8.1

I upgraded to Windows 8.1 recently. Now i wanted to reimage my Laptop using recovery media on Laptop hard drive.
1. Started "HP Recovery anager".
2. Selected "Windows Recovery Environment". Rebooted as requested.
3. Now the system took me to Recovery Environent.
4. Selected "Troubleshooting".
5. Opted for complete re-image of the system.
6. It showed Windows 8.1 as the OS that need to recover instead of Windows 8.0
7. Finally it failed stating some thing like partion is locked or it couldnt revert to 8.1
I'm not able to re-image my laptop using HP recovery partion due to Windows 8.1 update. Can some one help me out please.
My warrently expired and i dont have recovery disks with me now (I alredy created one set and they are useless now because of scratches).
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Follow the steps outlined under "Recovery when Windows 8 does not start correctly". Hopefully this will work for you. If not you may have to contact HP Support to order Recovery Media.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03489643&tmp_task=solveCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc...
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