Computer wont fully start/Windows will not load

I have a Toshiba Satellite A305-S6905, and was having a few issues with it. I read on the Toshiba Product Support how to restore my laptop to the 'out of box state'. While doing this it encountered an error and shut down, I saw people saying that this was due to a hard drive issue and that it needed to be replaced. I replaced the hard drive, and still have no luck getting my computer to fully start up. I tired to install Windows Vista Ultimate, and everything was going fine until the last step where it froze and shut down. Now when I start up my computer it says "Windows failed to start" and gives me all the start up options. When I select 'Start Windows Normally" it goes to the screen with the green loading bar that says "Microsoft Corporation" underneath it, and will go no further. When I select Safe Mode, it stops and hangs after it loads windows\system32\crcdisk.sys and will go no further. Any assistance will me much, much, much appreciated, thank you!

Satellite A305-S6905
I tired to install Windows Vista Ultimate
Best to restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using Toshiba recovery media. If you don't have the discs, obtain them from Toshiba.
Order Toshiba Recovery Media
I replaced the hard drive
Please give us the full make and model of the drive you used. (Some with advanced-format technology are troublesome.)
-Jerry

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