Satellite P25-607 - Doesn't boot from recovery CD

My situation, I am trying to return my computer P25-607 to "new" condition using the Recovery CD.
My problem is, the BIOS does not seem to recognize the CD drive.
In Bios (version 1.8) it shows boot order of
1) CD
2) Removable Media
3) +HDD
4) Network Boot
The only one that is expandable and populated with a device is the Hard Drive.
The CD/DVD drive works under windows XP.
I can open the setup program select the option for an as new install, the program then reboots the computer.
I am presuming it is trying to boot to the CD but it does not, I am guessing because the BIOS is not "seeing" a CD Drive.
I have tried putting the files from the CD on to an external USB HDD (which the bios does see) and using that to install but that didnt work.
I tried to update to a newer bios 2.1 in the hope that it may recognize the drive but to install the bios requires an Floppy drive or Bootable CD drive, I have neither.
So.
Any ideas for a work around?
I have available to me an external Hard Drive enclosure, other laptops WinXP and Win7, one desktop (not sure if it has a floppy drive in it, and I am not at home right now so cant check), I also have partition magic, and the P25 is currently bootable into a very slow laggy virus infested windows XP media center edition.
Just thinking out loud.
If the desktop had a floppy, would it be possible rig it up as an external floppy using the usb hard drive enclosure?
Or how about pull the CD/DVD drive out and put it in the USB external enclosure.....
I have read this thread: http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=53138
But there has to be an easier way, because my comp is bootable into XP and has a functioning CD/DVD drive it is just not bootable.
Any Ideas would be appreciated.
Message was edited by: FreeFlyFreak
EDIT:
http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/t5/General-Technology/cannot-boot-from-cd-dvd-drive/td-p/8863
OK this thread gives me hope, a similar problem with a solution in post number 5, it sounds like he was able to boot from an external cd drive using the recovery CD and then reimage the drive from there by putting the disk into the internal drive.
Message was edited by: FreeFlyFreak

OK I solved my own problem.
If anyone has this problem in the future try my solution.
You need an external USB floppy drive, a floppy disk and the files contained from this link (RAR file needs expanding)
[http://www.mediafire.com/file/3ioz2mwwe0g/Toshiba restore boot floppy.rar]
Make floppy bootable, put files on floppy.
Set boot order to CD > Floppy> HD > Network.
Boot from floppy, with restore CD in drive.
IMPORTANT. At each computer reboot, reset boot order as shown above.
The computer will reboot approx 3 times, each time reset boot order to CD FDD HD Netwk
Eventually on approx the 4th time the computer will boot from the CD and start Ghosting the drive using the recovery CD.
At that point remove the FDD.
After ghosting the computer will reboot and boot from the HDD as a clean install.

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