Can't reinstall MacOS X Lion on a MacBookPro with Bootcamp installed

Hello,
I have a MacBook Pro 2010 15" with 2 systems installed :
- MacOS X Lion
- Bootcamp with Windows 7
MacOS X Lion does not work anymore and the screen goes to black after I have started the system. I wanted to reinstall and I used several methods :
- Install Mavericks from Within the MacOS X system
- Using the recovery partition to boot the computer and reinstall through a complete download of the install files (MacOS X Lion)
- Installing MacOS X Lion booted with a USB stick
- Installing MacOS X Mavericks booted with a USB stick
All the solutions failed with almost always the same message : the installation failed because it was not able to create a recovery partition...
When I press ALT at the computer boot, I can see three partitions :
- MacOS X
- Bootcamp
- Recovery
I have tried reformating the MacOS X partition but it does not work, I have always the same message.
Please help.
Kind regards,
Alan

MAC OSX should be mountain lion or above.

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