Recovery out-of-box state

hello,
I have a toshiba satellite u400. I have used the system recovery (out-of-box state) multiple times by using the recovery disc and it worked. But lately when I try to do so, i get an error message, "cannot create or replace BIN: the path is too deep." This error occurs at the beginning of the recovery process while creating hdd recovery area. Is there a way around this?
thank you,
abdul

It sounds like there might be a problem with the hard drive itself.
- Peter

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