Help - T400 2764CTO Downgrade to XP from Vista Home Basic

Hello,
Please Help; I recently purchased T400 2764CTO with Vista Home Basic. This is the worst experience I ever had with an OS. I want to downgrade to XP. I do have an XP cd.
I am not sure where to get all the drivers for my hardware. I did try to look around this forum and wasn't able to locate one for my system. Please help as my brand new machine is currently sitting and collecting dust because of Vista. I really appreciate your response!
Thanks!
T400 - 2764CTO - 2.40 GHz - 3 GB ram - fingerprint reader - bluetooth - camera - wifi a/g - ATI 3450 256 MB - not sure what else to mention???

The drivers for both XP and Vista can be found at the Lenovo Support page.
Next time, do you mind giving the thread a little more time for responses.
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