How to downgrade to WXP on Satellite Pro A200GE with Toshiba XP Recovery

Hi I have A200GE having preinstalled windows vista business edition and I ordered it with windows xp and an xp recovery dvd came as its of 3.01GB.
I really cannot understand that why it cannot install as when i install a blue screen comes in the end and laptop restarts.
Than i came to know the nlite software and the sata drivers I loaded the sata drivers on another dvd disk separetly as nlite did not recognize my dvd window cd.
But still I loaded the files separetly, now when I loaded that dvd the setup does not start rather a dos command type window opens and I dont know what to do.
Plz anybody help me what canI do of the xp recovery cd which came with my laptop as I am desperate to use it vista is too slow and i cannot tolerate it.
RGRDS
ZAVI

Thanks alot for your reply.
Yes i ordered my laptop with Xp cd which in fact is dvd as its 3.01 GB and yes it is specially made for my notebook ie Satellite Pro A200GE-1F9.
I purchased my laptop from sharptext in ireland.
The problem is that when XP setup is copmpleted and when it restarts a blue screen appears and the laptop restarts coz it does not have the intel matrix storage driver.
Thats funny a cd which is made for my laptop does not work. Furthermore I asked the representative from whome i bought the laptop; he asked from toshiba sales person the person said xp should not be installed coz if the laptop has any kind of hardware failure they wont claim it.
Secondly I am running the Bios of XP on my Vista currently and now also i have tried but of no avail.
Further i have copied the Sata drivers on another disc and copied all the data on recovery cd and made it bootable. Then the setup does not start as command window is opened.
Really doono what to do ohhhh God.
I think the last thing i can do is that buy a new XP cd from microsoft because a p1 with windows 95 is faster than with Vista.
Honestly, what do u say.
Any further help will be appreciated

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