Equium A210 -171 - how do I re-install Vista

Hi,
I was updating the O/S (Vista 32Bit) on-line from Microsoft when the laptop (Equium A210 -171) shutdown.
It may have reached the overheating limit and this is the reason that it shutdown (me guessing).
I let the computer cool down and when I tried to boot from the instructions as per
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=1845345& rpn=PSL48U&modelFilter=L45-S7423&selCategory=3&selFamily=107376866
the computer seems to lock up.
When I get to boot in Safemode the computer seems to lock up on \windows\system32\drivers\disk.sys or some other system file.
The action of pressing 0 and then turning on the computer with the Product Recovery CD-ROM in the drive also results in a lock up of the system resulting in a black screen only. Pressing C at startup also produces the same effect.
As a test I put a Linux Ubuntu CD-ROM into the drive to see if I could run another O/S on a different HD.
This action was successful. But my children need Windows for the games that they play.
So, my question is ... how do I re-install Vista. The factory re-install setup seems to be not functioning.
Many thanks,
Tommy.

> As a test I put a Linux Ubuntu CD-ROM into the drive to see if I could run another O/S on a different HD.
I mean you have installed a Linux on different partition and not HDD. Right.
Well, this means that HDD is OK and the notebook should run with Windows as well.
> The action of pressing 0 and then turning on the computer with the Product Recovery CD-ROM in the drive also results in a lock up of the system resulting in a black screen only. Pressing C at startup also produces the same effect.
First of all I recommend start the BIOS and to set booting from CD/DVD drive at the beginning.
Then save the changes and reboot the unit.
While pressing the power button, press F12.
This allows you to get the boot menu on the screen.
Insert the Windows installation disk (or Toshiba recovery disk) and choose ODD (CD/DVD drive)
Then notebook should start to boot from CD/DVD drive.
Note; if you are using Windows CD (not recovery disk) then you should change an option in BIOS.
Set the SATA mode to compatible and save the changes.

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> I have 1 recovery disk that came with my equium, haven't used it before.
>On the back of the recovery disk envelope it says "insert the first disk"
>I'm assuming there should be a second?
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But my notebook is newer than your A210 this might be the reason why you got such disk
I created a recovery disk and I needed two DVD disks I think these depends on the image file size
> Also what info will i need to provide during the install process? like serial number?
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