Recovery the pavilion DM4 as a factory condition using set disc

I'm trying to recover my DM4 as a factory condition but the to HP recovery manager, on System recovery, show that this option is disabled (Discovery partition is removed).
I have created the set disc to recovery (4 discs + repair disc).
I would do it as a factory condition. How can I do?
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I guess the primary boot is set to Hard Drive and hence it is looking for HDD for recovery.
Changing the boot device to Optical drive should resolve the issue. Refer:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&​lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c03483233
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