Recovery disks claim windows not genuine

I have a toshiba satelite L505d-S5965
We recently had a virus i could not get rid of. All imp. data is backed up, so i decided to use the recovery disks from toshiba to start "out of the box" again
Once loaded, the system shows my windows is not genuine and asks for a product key. or for me to buy one.
I could not get in to set up to be on line even if i wanted to buy something I already paid for
When I enter my product key, which i have read some posts that say it won't ask, it claims the key i entered is not right. (it is) and goes to adm sigh in screen
it keeps going in a loop of configuring the system and then asking for product keys. if i say i will enter later it goes to adm. screen and starts the loop of the same thing over
i have reinstalled the disk 3 times with the same results
What is the next step??
Thanks

Satellite L505D-S5965
Once loaded, the system shows my windows is not genuine and asks for a product key. or for me to buy one.
That's a bug, of course. Your Windows is pre-activated. This should fix it.
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Update for Windows Vista (KB931573)
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Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
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Validation Code: 0x8004FE21
Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004f012
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-82YFB-X6MYH-6F4KF
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ID: {561F9D4B-7A94-46A4-ACD2-D4D00356A876}(1)
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LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
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Product Name: Windows 7 Professional
Architecture: 0x00000009
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not backup any Metro apps or user files, because these are not deleted during a system refresh. If you want a complete backup of everything on your computer the way it is now, you should make take a complete system image (which
can be done from the File History settings in control panel - at the bottom left there will be a 'System Backup Image' option - or you can do it using any other backup software like Ghost or Acronis).
In my case, I created the recover image straight after upgrading to Windows and it was about 6 GB.
Prepare/Create and register an recovery partition, so the option Copy the Recovery Partition becomes available in the recovery drive UI application.
In elevated command run> RECIMG -CREATEIMAGE C:\REFRESHIMAGE<
This will create a new custom.wim in a folder Refreshimage.
Now lets get ready to register the path of the image, so our create recovery drive option(COPY THE RECOVERY PARTITION FROM THE PC TO THE RECOVERY DRIVE) becomes available.
> In the folder you created there will be a> custom.wim<
change it to>INSTALL.wim<
> Create a folder In Cd/directory using Elevated command> mkdir c:\Win8.1-Recovery,>
Win81-Recovery<.
> Copy the INSTALL.WIM. Put in the Win81-recovery folder created.
> Run in elevated commad>REAGENTC /SetOSImage /Path C:\Win81-Recovery\INSTALL.WIM /Index 1<
Do not copy the arrows if using copy and paste, that is my way of pointing out lines of code
Information provided by the link below, thanks Keith. I simplified the process for easy following and added my own tweak from trial and error for the install.
blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/a···ive.aspx

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