Satellite L300-215 - Recovery disk couldn't be installed on this hardware

Hi, after running fine for several months I shut my notebook down recently and when I went to boot it up again it told me there was an error with Windows and had to run the repair center.
Well after waiting for four hours and getting no-where I decided to use the recovery disks I got the last time I sent it away. After installing all the neccesary components it then told me it was installing Windows. After doing this for ten minutes I got a pop up block telling me that "Windows could not be installed on this hardware". After it shut itself down and I rebooted it told me the same message and suggest I reinstall so I tried the process again and it ended in the same result.
Whats the problem?

Hello Richard
I really don't understand what is wrong there and the whole story is somehow strange for me.
Original Toshiba recovery disc contains recovery image that include operating system, all necessary drivers for notebooks hardware, different Toshiba tools and utilities and some additional software.
Such images are designed for each model separately and if you use the right one it should be installed properly. Of course the disc should not have some scratches and HDD must be OK.
Due to these facts I don't understand how you can get this message Windows could not be installed on this hardware. It is not logic to me.
When recovery installation is finished there is nothing you must do except go through set-up procedure and just define username (account). Thats all.
I don't know which disc you got from service. Is this original recovery for your notebook mode?
As previous user wrote you can try to obtain Microsoft Vista installation disc and try to install own OS and test if the installation will ends properly.
Try also to contact guys from service and try to clarify this. Explain the situation again and I just hope they will understand what the problem can be.

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I am a little bit confused after reading your posting. HDD replacement is so simply and can be done by everyone and I don't understand how the service couldnt be able to do this. for this action you need 10 minutes and can be done without manuals or some maintenance manuals.
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