My Satellite A60 getting "crazy"

Hello everyone
After I installed Windows XP pro on the same partition the default Windows was intalled in, My Satellite A60 started to shut down suddenly after a certain time, the screen also switches to its minimum luminance so I can't see anything unless I mouve the cursor, the Mat****a DVD-RAM drive only recognizes CDs, the computer stands by automaticly and when I try to return to Windows all I get is a black screen, and so on...
So I thoug it may be the Toshiba's power saver settings on the first windows installation that's influencing the other one's power managment settings, so I uninstalled Toshiba Power saver, nothing changed :(
Then, I tried to install it on the new windows (pro sp2)but I got an error that prevents the program to run
Anyone knows a solution?

Hello again
Yeah! you're absolutely right :)
The computer switch off without any message. However, the screen becomes very low-bright so I can't read anything. And all this even when I'm not under Windows
Unfortunately, I left the recovery image in another country :(
Could the problem be linked to the ACPI stuff? In fact the screen only switches-on normally for some seconds when I change the Power managment profile in the BIOS...
Tank you for your answer Pedro

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