Toshiba A665-S5170 laptop won't boot.

My laptop will not boot. It won't even load past the "Starting Window." Just stays and loads forever. I have all the three recovery CDs, but I can't even get them to load up so that I can recover the system. Looks like it wants me to re-install the window disk which I have no clue on what it is trying to ask.
Anyone know what's going on?

So I talked to a tech, and he said I needed a new hard drive. He said that if it's a software program then I'll get a error pop-up. But if I get stuck at the a loading screen forever then it's the hard drive. So I went ahead and bought myself a new one for $115.00 including a 3 year warranty and shipping which isn't bad. I'll be doing the install myself and Best Buy quoted me $200.00 just for labor when I can do it myself as I'm a auto tech. So it's all in the mechanical aptitude.

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