Rescue and recovery disk rejected

Cycling through the 6 disk set for rescue and recovery to reset to factory  conditions - disk 4 was not recognized "not the correct disk". Any suggestions for recovery from this, other than maybe starting over?

The six disk set came with the T61 computer. They are labelled "Product Recovery CD" and indicated as "For distribution only with a new ThinkPad PC". I am simply trying to get back to factory settings. Not interested in saving files or applications. Not trying to recover a backup. When I load the recovery disk made when the computer was new, I get a Lenovo rescue screen  with various options, including resetting to factory conditions which instructs to load the six disks. Thanks for any help.

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    5. Install disc five...  wait 30-60mins
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    Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:38:49 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
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    Mon Jun 17 23:38:59 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
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    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
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    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
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    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:05 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
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    Mon Jun 17 23:39:09 2013 RescueRecovery: LoadLibrary: Error 0 C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery\rr_res.dll
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
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    Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive begin
    Mon Jun 17 23:39:12 2013 RescueRecovery: winClientIsUSBDrive 1
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    NNNNN wrote:
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    Justin

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