Restore FAIL with Macbook Air 2009-2010!!!!! Need help!

I bought a Macbook Air 13” from year 2009-2010 (not sure) a few days ago.
I used it for a few days as it came and then decided to restore it to fabric settings. Now it continuously says that it is temporarily unavailable.
Tried this but didn't work: http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-2330386/restore-macbook-air-factory-settings.htm l
^When I log in with my Apple ID the message comes that it is temporarily unavailable.
Hope to get some useful answers as I didn't find it on the other threads I've read. What am I going to do? I'm stuck on the page.

You can download this application which will allow you to disengage the discrete CPU and run the MBP on only the integrated one.
https://gfx.io/
This should eliminate the kernel panics but at the expense of graphics performance.
Ciao.

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