Factory reset boot loop

Hi,  I am not very technical, but here is my issue.  I have been getting the "blue screen of death" for about six months now, but the notebook has been ticking along.  I have lost the DVD E: drive a few times, but managed to reinstate that until the last time.  Currently system is not recognising E: drive. I thought I would do a factory reset so I backed up everything and did the reset.  Since then I am caught in a factory reset boot loop and I cannot get my pc to get past it.  It keeps telling me the reset was incomplete and to retry, but I get not further.  I have a Windows Repair Disc and the HP Recovery Discs, but because I cannot use the E: drive they are useless.  I have an external USB DVD drive as well, but it is not recognised either. I have Linux Ubuntu on a USB stick and have been able to use that okay.  It tells me there are 40 bad sectors on the 1TB hard drive. I think that the recovery partition D: has been corrupted and the boot sector may be damaged.  Is there anything I can do?  I am tempted to just go with Linux at this point. I Have a HP Pavilion DV 7 Entertainment notebook model 584037-001 with Windows 7 Home Premium.  It is about four years old. I have access to other MAC PCs, but no other Windows PCs. Any ideas?  

Hi  ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Forums! A great place where you can find solutions for your issues, with help from the community!
I came across your post about the Notebook, and wanted to assist you! I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook and issues with a factory reset boot looping. Try running sfc /scannow would scan your system for errors at the command prompt. You can get to the command prompt by clicking F11 at startup. Please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices, as these could cause some issues. You could check this Microsoft document on system recovery options. Hope this is a help. Thanks.

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