jpannorfi wrote:
I am having a problem performing the password recovery. Nothing is happening when I hit the cntrl break key or the break key. Any ideas?

Some terminal emulators do not send the break sequence correctly. Have a look at this doc which shows how to emulate sending the break key sequence -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps133/products_tech_note09186a0080174a34.shtml

Alternatively you could just use a different terminal emulator - Tera Term Pro has worked well for me in the past.

Jon