Nighmare trying to install vista 32 on late 2008 MBP - anyone succeeded?

I am furious at having wasted 12 hours today trying to install vsita 32. I am running bootcamp 2.1. I have a copy of vista home premium SP1. After I set up a partition, install vista 32 and install the boot camp drivers from the Mac OS dvd, the computer restarts and i get an immediate BSOD.
Totally useless. This was the last option i tried. I tried various options. Updating windows before installing the Bootcamp drivers, making restore points. But nothing works. Ive had enough.
This MBP is going back if I cant get vista installed I dont have time to spend another whole day messing about with this.
Has anyone had ANY success installing a copy of vista 32 on a brand new MBP?
I wish I hadnt paid a premium for debugging a new product which does not appear to be working correctly. This is unacceptable.

Vista only installs on NTFS...
After I set up a partition, install vista 32 and install the boot camp drivers
... therefore, they had that step.
Nope, the problem lies with the install of BootCamp 2.x drivers off the Apple DVD that BSOD's the partition.
Normally, at that point, I would pop in Vista DVD and see if it could attempt repair or restore or use one of the restore points, and uninstall BootCamp drivers, or repair/reinstall, or even try to find the chipset drivers off the internet from the vendor or such.

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Snow Leopard comes in discs only. The USB drive may be a counterfeit and/or corrupt. There are two options for you:
Get replacement original OSX installation disks from Apple customer service. Have your MBP serial number ready and there is a charge.
Or two, purchase a Snow Leopard disk from the Apple online store:
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Ciao.

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beestmode,
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