Help! Thinkvantage recovery not working, no recovery cds, no optical drive!

So I'm having the error Windows failed to start; NLS data is missing or corrupt. What I've read on the internet told me said that I should enter the Windows Repair disk and proceed. I don't have an optic drive, nor was my tablet (X61T) shipped with discs. I've created a bootable image of the windows recovery disk on a USB, but when I enter it the only option is to go into thinkpad rescue and recovery. There's no way around this as far as I can see. Also, windows doesn't start at all, no safe mode, no last working configuration, none of those.

Thinkvantage R&R doesn't let me do the same repair function as Vista, nor can it restore from vista's backups as far as Ican see. The only option is Full restore, as quick restore is not pressable.

HELP! I don't even want this stupid program anymore, is there any way to uninstall it?

And I was going to just make a copy of the HD and factory reset it, but when I recovered all the files and was double checking, some of the files which I have hidden were missing, so I can't go about wiping it anymore. Please help!

 

Can you borrow or buy and external drive?

 

I could, but no point as I don't even have the recovery disk.

 

Maybe you want to post this over on ThinkPads.com. Someone might have a set of recovery discs they might sell you for a small fee.