Cannot load recovery disk...even with new HD

Hi,
I have a Toshiba Satelite M55-S135.
I'm currently having this problem:
My hard drive was making very loud clickey noises. Very shortly after this started, my computer flashed the blue screen of death, and then gave me the PXE-E61 error message of "Media Test Failure, Check Cable." My friends said the hard drive (HD) was fried. So i bought a new one. I put it in, made sure it was set to "Master" on the jumpers. Turned it on, got the same error message. I can't get windows to load. So then I thought, oh that's because there's no Windows installed! I went into BIOS and made SURE that it was recognizing the new HD, which it does. I then made it load from CD/DVD, the recovery disk starts up all fine and dandy, then I get the huge "Wrong Machine" error and I feel like I've had this before, and I see a gazillion other people have had. I know for a fact this is the correct disk. I took it out, clean it, inserted it back and tried again. Still didn't work. I saw another person who had this issue, and they suggested trying to prompt it this way instead: Q: > cd\base > os.bat
I tried this, still didn't work, because then it says it cannot find ghost.err. I put the disk into another laptop, and loaded it, and I made sure it detected it and saw all the correct subfolders and everything, etc. so there is nothing wrong with the disk. I'm not really sure where else to go from here. So I would appreciate any assistance. Oh, I've also seen many references to downloading some utility from the downloads section on the toshiba website but how am I even supposed to get to that on my broken laptop if my computer is broke and windows won't load?
Thanks for any future suggestions! I appreciate it

SOLVED !
Probably my old HD was not defective, the problem is with the S-ATA bus interface.
After moving the new internal disk to an external Firewire case, the iMac did boot correctly and no more freezing after OSX updates; before that I also used a new cable (the one connecting the HD to the bus), with no luck.
So, I think the errors of the AHT and Apple Diagnostic are not so helpful, given that it's impossible to know if the broken part is the HD, the cable or the interface on the MB (and all the tests of the motherboard passed ok).
It did cost me a lot anyway: new HD, a good Firewire/USB case, new SuperDrive and a few ours of work of a technician (today I could stay with him to learn how to open the iMac).
Now it is running
Gabriele

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