HELP! Iphone 5 STUCK IN RECOVERY SCREEN!

last night my iphone 5 (6.1.2) randomly froze, it then wouldnt get past the apple logo, so i connected it to my laptop to Restore it (Which Failed) "Unknown Error (-1)" now my iphone is stuck on the recovery logo and doesnt move. I tried disabling the virus protector, deleting host files etc, but nothing seems to work, everytime i attempt to restore it, it gives me the same message. I dont mind deleting my files etc, but i would rather fix my iphone asap than to take it into an apple store (45min drive) Please help. Many Thanks...
Danny

ive tried on 2 seperate computers, this is definently a hardware problem im guessing, ive booked an appointment with a genius, lets see what they have to say about it.
Before this message came the phone would randomly crash anyways.
Thanks for your reply though.

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