Satellite A205-replaced HDD and recovery CD not working; media test failure

Please help,
My wife's computer crashed, it all started with windows\system32\en file corrupt or missing. Took it in to the geek squad and diagnostics test said hard drive corrupt.
(Trying to recover the data is another problem to solve later)
To save money I ordered a new HDD (WD320GB) installed the new HDD, inserted the recovery disc and get the following message:
Pre-boot execution Environment (PXE) v2.1
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM
Operating System not found
I can see the new HDD in the BIOS, I've changed the boot order to start with CD/DVD drive but still get the message above.
What now?
Thanks for any help that I can get.

I want to say thanks to all who helped. The problem with recovery CD's not working was the DVD drive.
I was able to get a used DVD drive really cheap and was able to reinstall to factory condition.
Just for kicks once the install and all updates were completed I stuck the old DVD drive back in and still didn't work. So other than alot of time online and looking around for a DVD drive that would fit the laptop, I spent less than $10 for DVD drive and $65 for another hard drive which is good news, the bad news is my wife couldn't live anylonger without Facebook and bought another laptop, HP this time.
Well my daughter will have a Tosh to do her school projects.
Now to figure out what caused the crash, loss of data and DVD not to work in the first place.
Thanks again for all your help.
Happy New Year

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