Tried to restore Toshiba Satellite L300D to factory settings... PLEASE HELP.

MODEL NO: PSLC8C-04401R
Hi guys,
I tried to reset my laptop to factory settings and a whole mess followed. My laptop did not come with recovery discs, and I'm in the process of getting a Vista installation and recovery discs now.
So long story short, I was trying to reset the laptop (which was working perfectly fine) so I could transfer files over from another laptop, which I have on an external hard drive.
After I tried to perform the reset (holding 0 on startup and following the prompts), I got this error right before it finished: 
10-FC12-045D click OK to restart.
I click okay, and Vista is gone, everything is gone and I can't get out of BIOS. I tried connecting the external harddrive and booting from that, nothing. Booting from a CD, nothing. Booting from the HDD does nothing. It was working fine before I tried to reset to factory.
Right now on the screen its giving me prompts to insert the Windows installation disc and restart my computer, but I'm already assuming this will do nothing.
Please help, I'm out of ideas. This laptop is meant to be for my mother and I feel bad that I killed it.
-T
EDIT: I just tried the Vista installation disc, and the computer isn't doing anything. It's still giving me the Boot Manager menu telling me to insert the installation disc and restart.
EDIT 2: I started over, tried to run the Vista Recovery CD, and I'm getting this error in BIOS:
Phoenix Phlash16 Error
Could not find BCP DMI block in BIOS ROM file image
PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE

Hi! I can not find your model number, which can be found on the bottom of your lap top. I think I'm understanding you. You wanted a fresh start of Vista, so you tried to restore back to factory. That failed and now every thing is gone?? I have no clue what happened to the restore process. If it was fine before you tried to restore to factory, I would suggest ordering the Toshiba recovery media and start over. I don't know Vista, but I'm betting you had the option to make your own recovery media. I can only guess that the hidden recovery partition was corrupt. That can happen. I'm assuming you are ordering the recovery media from Toshiba. There may be better replies latter. I have been told I give bad advise, so wait for better replies.
Dokie!
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.

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