Restoring the recovery files cdrivebackupXX.swm

Hi all,
when I bought a new Lenovo Thinkpad E520, i burned a backup on recovery disks, as was suggested. This week I had a problem with PC and it needs reinstall, so I try to did a factory reset. Everything was good until I found a problem with last recovery DVD. Now my last recovery DVD isn't working and recovery files aren't completed on my recovery partition.
I install a new Windows 7 from other source, but is there any possibility to gain recovery files again? From anywhere?
I have in FactoryRecovery dir files cdrivebackup2.swm and cdrivebackup10-23.swm.
Thanks a lot for any suggestion.

Hello and welcome,
This might help - depending on what's wrong with that last DVD: copy it using another machine and try the copy.
If it's a marginal burn that's not readable on your E520 but is on another drive this could get you going.  If it's some other problem, then it won't help.
(I moved your post to the Edge forum)
Z.
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