Could my recovery media be damaged? Would new media help me?

I've received no help with this problem as posted previously, so I thought I'd try again...with a different tack.
Previous post: http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/t5/Windows-Vista-XP-Win7-beta/Help-Windows-never-completes-Factory-R...
Could my restore media created from the disk partition, be somehow damaged? I've done this install with this machine half dozen times and the actual Windows portion always seems to complete properly...but when the final Toshiba Information Systems piece runs...things seem to just freeze after the 2nd or 3rd restart.
There must be a portion of the install batch files that are not completing. For instance, the pointers to B2.bat & splash.exe are not being deleted from the all users startup folder, and they should be at some point...so the system starts...and either hangs forever (I let it go 7 hours once...) OR the machine just reboots after 2 or 3 minutes & either hangs or reboots...again...etc.
Hang condition can only be closed by powering off the machine manually...not a good thing in setup.
As stated in the other post, I can run the machine with no problems in safe mode or with BartPE. Runs just fine & will stay up for hours...with no issues. However...PE or Safe mode is not the way to use these machines...
My question to those who know this machine brand better than I... Will a new set of media fix this?
HELP!!!
SetiRich

Thanks Techman & Defender,
I ordered the disks (they're not expensive) and will try the WinRepair suggestion in the meantime. Pretty sure it's not mem or disk issues, since I've tested memory with MemTest 2.01 (2 passes...no errors) and the disk with BartStuff off a BartPE disk I keep around....5 hours of continuous pattern writing & reading & ... No errors there either...
Actually, I think it may be that the disks I created somehow where flaky..Also I created them while in safe mode, the only way I could get the machine to operate...other than with the BartPE disk...so it would seem (?) that most of the major h/w issues are OK...anyway..I'll let you know which & how things go as I continue my experiments with this device...
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