Satellite L500-1XL does not boot properly - stay in loop

The above machine was working fine until today.
Then when I switched it on, it just sat on the Toshiba page, asking me to press F2 or F12.
I wasn't sure what to do so I ran the (factory) recovery disk which all seemed to install ok but....
Now when I switch it on, it shows the initial Toshiba splash screen and stays there until I manually press F12 to select to boot from the hard drive.
From there it takes me to Windows Boot Manager and I have to select the windows 7 o/s.
Then I get the "starting windows for the first time" screen for a minute or so until it restarts and I have to press F12 again.
It just repeats all this over and over in loops.
I've tried the recovery disk again but the same is happening.
I've been in the bios and made sure the hard drive is set as the first boot device, and I've set the bios to default, but nothing seems to make any difference.
Any help/advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the suggestions.
Instead of using the factory recovery disk, I tried a retail windows 7 disk and deleted all partitions. Windows 7 then fully installed and I no longer have the loop.
At switch on though, I STILL have to press F12 to select the hard drive, then select Windows 7. The laptop then boots up without incident and is useable.
I thought maybe the master boot record might be damaged on the hard drive so I've just fitted another sata drive, but still the laptop behaves the same.
I've tried updating the bios with the latest version as well but that has made no difference.
Why is this happening? I've since found out that I can press ENTER at the splash screen instead of F12 if this offers any clues. This takes me to Windows Boot Manager as well where Windows & is the only choice. Pressing enter again allows windows to boot normally.

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