Recovery discs used. Vista won't install

I have used recovery discs on HP G7035EA. The discs run and I reach stage where Vista is about to start for the first time. Then I get a blue screen with spinning small round icon and "please wait". Very brief window about set up, followed by shut down. I then have to restart.
Then endless loop of "...restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error....install cannot proceed.......click OK....then restart the installation" Clicking OK starts endless return to same error.
I have read huge amounts of forums with many similar issues.
Some suggest 'Flashing' the bios, without actually saying how !
I have downloaded both bios update and a SSM app from this site, and put them on a CD, but they do not run when I start up the laptop. Can anyone please give me an idiots guide to make the bios update.
Other suggestion was to alter the DDR voltage, again without any instructions !
I have done all the system tests on the hard drive and memory all OK, and have wiped the hard disk using KILLDISC and then tried recovery, same result !
Any help would be immensely appreciated.
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