Satellite A200-23W: Windows Vista installation issue

Hi..
I now that this subject is discussed many times before, but after trying a lot of the solutions of the forum and some of my one, I have reached a level that it makes no sense...
First off all I would like to explain that what i do for a living it has to do with IT and that is what it makes it even more tempting to me.
2 days ago a bought a A200-23W Toshiba. The first thing i always do when i buy a new laptop is to format it and install a clean Windows OS.
I realized after my first attempt that I have to install first of all the Matrix Storage Driver.
I have downloaded the driver from toshiba site related to my model. (Intel Matrix Storage Manager-7.5.0.1017).
I have created a usb with the required files for the driver :
iaAhci.inf,
iaAhci.cat,
iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat,
iaStor.sys, and
TxtSetup.oem
from the (F6flpy) folder of the (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) copying them to the root of the USB.
When the "Where you want to Install windows" form at windows vista appear i select load driver, and then by Clicking (Browse), I select the USB as a source for my drivers.
The (Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller) automatically appears as a selection and by clicking (Next) the process of driver installation starts.
So far so good..
Now is where the things are getting complicated..
When Vista return to the "Where you want to Install windows" form, even that my system has 2 x 200 GG HDD only one 200 GB HDD appears in the list..
Selections of "New" Partition or "Delete" Partition are disabled.
and even when i click "Next" to the selected HD a windows message appears :
"Windows could not determine if this computer contains a valid system volume"
I would appreciate your help..
Thank you in advance..
George P.

it seems i can't find any installation details about the Robson Package inside the zip file or the European site..
All the readme inside have the same content..
"...This installer does not contain a valid readme
file. Please obtain the valid readme file(s) from the
software site this installer was downloaded from."
And at the europian site the downloaded page :
".....For details please check the included help file"

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