Recovery media dvds

this might be a stupid question but i rather be sure then to mess something up. i recently ordered some Acclaim recovery dvds and they say satellite l450d series on them. my laptop is l455d so, is this media the same for my laptop. 
I also have another question, can i repair windows system files from the recovery dvds or would it have to be a complete reinstall? 

Well I did as suggested called about getting a replacement recovery media cd and was told since i ordered them 6 months ago they are not replaceable. Seems strange to me if a man orders some recovery media as a back-up to have incase something like this situation happens he wont have to order them and wait on the to come he will have them as a back-up like i did (or i thought i did ). I was told I shouldve checked them when I recieved them, now why would i need to check them if i didnt need them they are for an emergency use. thanks for the help guys i tried to even make copies of the file to another hard drive to see if maybe i could swap out the disks when prompted for the PREINST12.SWM file but the copy procees gets stuck at 277mb left in the copying of the 12.SWM file, but yet i can copy all the other files  on the disk. I guess the moral is dont buy the disks to put back and save incase you might have an issue or if you do go ahead and try a system recovery the second you recieve the disks from Toshiba cause a file might not have copied correctly and they will replace it. Again thanks for the help sorry about the venting i just think its a bit rediculous to be treated like this when the disk cost me another $30 to repurchase cause my laptop is screwed without it.

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