How do I install operating system on a new hard drive?

Hi
I thought all I had to do was use my recovery disk that came with my laptop, however while the laptop was working fine for a few days it now has an error message when I try to load up windows, something along the lines of 'image error, check installation diskette'.
Have I done something wrong?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi buddy,
Installation on new HDD is very easy. Everything what you need is Toshiba recovery disk and you have to boot from this disk for starting the installation. Everything happens automatically and factory settings will be restored on new HDD.
Does this work?

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