System recovery DVDs was almost finished when the computer went down

Notebook Pavilion dv6 VA179EA. Bought Recovery DVDs from Best2serve, Business partner to HP.
After 3 discs inserted and final installation started (with a couple of restarts) - the computer just went down and did not start again. Waited for a while and started the computer. When windows started I got a failure message "The installation was failed, install again".
Did a check F1 and F2 and the tests passed fine.
I have tried to install three times by now with the same result. I am extremely happy if anyone can help me. I think I have read everything on the support pages .-)
Lives in Sweden.

Hi,
I would try wiping the Hard Drive first and then reinstalling the Operating System.
Download and install Killdisk on the link below - ( this application will write zeros to the entire drive ).
http://software.lsoft.net/KillDiskSuiteFree-Setup.exe
Download and install ImgBurn on the link below.
http://download.cnet.com/ImgBurn/3000-2646_4-10847481.html
Go to the Kill Disk application you have installed in All Programs, open the main folder, then select Bootable Disk creators and from that select Bootable DOS CD Creator which will burn the bootable ISO to a blank CD.
During the next process do not worry about any warnings as your Recovery DVDs will reformat the HDD.
Insert this CD in to your PC that is unable to load Operating System properly. Shut the notebook down, then start it again to boot from the Killdisk CD and follow the on screen instructions for Kill Disk.
A brief description of the process is here Killdisk.
Use this to wipe the whole of the Hard Drive, highlight (80h) and press f10 - ( this will make sure you include all partitions and then start the process - this may take a couple of hours! ).
When the process is complete, remove the Killdisk CD,insert the your first HP Recovery Disc and then hold down the power button until the notebook shuts down Then restart the notebook to try the installation again.
Regards,
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