T3o Product Recovery Program

I need help with my thinkpad T30. I was running the IBM Product Recovery Program version 5.7 to restore my thinkpad, and it is not working properly. I have run this before with no issues. I changed the start up to boot from CD, ran the recovery option, said yes to delete all etc. and once it is done it asks me to remove disk and press enter to restart. Now the last time I did this is used all three CD's and this time it doesnt prompt me to switch cds. Then it reboots to the Windows setup page, says the set up is starting windows, and nver does anything, just stays there on the blue start up page. What have I done and what do I do to fix it??

Be sure you have all 3 manuals that come with the Lenovo. They are
1-Lenovo Ideapad S9/S10
1-Lenovo OneKey Rescue Systen 6.0  (This is the one you need).
1-Lenono IdeaPad S9/S10 Setup Poster v1.0
All of these should be available for download at the Lenovo 
Here is the Windows reinstall URL
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/HowtoUse/use_show_1227232397912.html
Frank
Frank
Kenmore, WA
USA

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