Can't Restore - ghosterr.txt - maybe missing partitions?

I have a Toshiba satellite M45-S169 and I am having trouble restoring it. After running the restore CD, I get about 99% complete and then I get the error:
”Output error file to the following location: a:/ghosterr.txt”.
Of course, I do not have a floppy drive. However, I think this A: drive is something created by the restore CD. If I abort the restore process, I get a DOS prompt and there is an A drive, with autoexec.bat, config.sys, etc. This is NOT a floppy drive. This A: drive is read-only drive which explains why ghosterr.txt cannot be writing to it. I did buy an external USB floppy but that was no help (expect that I can use a boot floppy now).
I first started the recovery CD from Windows and chose to delete all the partitions. I think this may have caused the problem because there was more than one partition. I have no idea what the other partition was, and I probably should not have deleted it. My understanding was that the restore CD would recreate everything it needed. It does appear that the OS files are on the recovery CD, and not in some other partition. Perhaps the other partition was the hibernate partition but I cannot be sure.
I called Toshiba support and then talked me into buying a new restore CD. This new CD gives me the same problems. They now say the Hard Drive or DVD drive is bad and I should send it in for repair. I am not convinced that either of these is bad. They were working fine when I started the restore, and their last suggestion (to buy the CD) was useless.
Can anyone offer any suggestions?
Can anyone tell me which partitions should be there? Then I can recreate them with FDISK and try the install. Perhaps, the current partition size (or physical location) is causing the problem.
Thanks for the help,
Don

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