Not Able To Use Recovery Discs

I am trying to recover my Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS using the discs I purchased from HP.com
However, when I insert the disc into the drive and restart my computer it tries to load the operating system again.
The operating system is corrupted (giving me a blue screen error before completing the load).
I believe the OS suffered a shut down during an update or damage from a trojan.
That is why I am attempting to recover.
I have gone into the bios to tell it to prompt from the CD first, prompt only from the CD, and have even tried disabling the HDD (by disconnecting it) altogether (this will not work because it refuses to boot without it on at all).
I have tried both an internal and external CD drive to check to see if the CD drive itself had failed.
It recognizes that Disc 2 is inserted if it is first (and asks for a proper bootable disc).
After inserting Disc 1 again it attempts to load into the operating system again.
I have even told the system to boot from the CD (hitting Esc at the bios menu) and again this isn't working.
I tried contacting HP support on the phone however they refuse to help me because I am out of warranty (and cannot afford the extension plan). They have assured me that my discs cannot be faulty. They eventually directed me to this site in order to get help.
I am more than happy to answer any questions to get help.
Thanks!

Do you have the HP Diagnostic CD? When I ran that it told me my HD was toast, hopefully you're luckier than I was.

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