Satellite L40-139 can't boot from CD

I have a Toshiba Satellite L40 - 139 that comes with installed vista!
A month ago i installed XP and it was working ok!
Yesterday I needed to reinstal XP and i choose clean instal from cd and in a process of installing I pressed the button to open dvd drive and end it!
Stupid mistake! From that point if i try to boot Windows from a dvd drive and the process stops at: checking your hardware configuration! - and blank screen!
Nothing happens!
What can i do?
Evrything else seems to run ok!
It's not problem with dvd drive because it reads a recovery CD for vista!
Please help!!

Hi
To clear the MBR, boot from the XP cd and go into the Recovery console (Repair). In command prompt type the following:
fixmbr (new master boot record creation)
fixboot (incase you get message cannot find ntldr)
bootcfg /rebuild (incase the boot.ini is damaged)

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+{color:#0000ff}But you’re absolutely right: 3TB and greater capacities are reality today but Satellite U400 is older notebook model and not newest one.{color}+
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