Failed out-of-box recovery using disks and hidden partition

I have a 2+ year old E305-S1990X that I have been trying to restore to factory condition. It's running Windows 7 and BIOS version 2.3.
I used the four recovery disks that I made when I initially purchased the computer but at disk 3 it stopped and never asked for disk 4.
I restarted the process after going to F12 and selecting the HDD partition option but after it reaches the "initializing partition" and then "copying files" step it asks to insert the next disk. It reads disk 2 and then immediately ejects it and asks for the next disk. I cancelled that operation.
I've made multiple attempts using both options without success. At one point, (apologies for my muddy recollection - it's been a long weekend) I got a F3-F200-0002 error and after my last attempt it failed to find the boot file. If I unplug the laptop, take out the battery and let it cool off, each new attempt seems to make a fresh start, but each has failed.
I have a user's guide and have followed the recovery instructions. If I've left out other relevant information please feel free to inquire.
I'm going to take it in to a local shop tomorrow because I've reached my limit of available time and expertise. I wonder if anyone has any ideas before I start throwing money at this problem, as I am limited in that as well!
Thanks in advance for any replies. I read through many many messages on this and other forums before I decided to post this and I appreciate everyone who volunteers their time and knowledge.

Hi! These are my thoughts. If you are not able to restore back to factory, you could have corrupted recovery media. Your DVD drive might not be reading the media. You could try to clean the drive with a DVD drive cleaner. Also make sure your discs are clean. You could have bad hardware. You could test the HD with seatools dos. You can test the memory with memtest86. Both are Linux based and they don't need a working OS to run. These are my thoughts. You may get better replies latter. PS There are many good tips about cleaning your DVD drive on Google.
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