Re: question installing xp on laptops

"tiktak" <hikoryERASETHISPART@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:N%waf.8676$1T3.167750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hello, suppose there is a situation where one needs to reinstall xp on a
> toshiba a20/a30 laptop, without having the original recovery cds etc, is it
> possible to just do it all with winxp installation cd from scratch, or at
> some point or other, would the recovery cds be actually REQUIRED. logic
> says no, but I'm thinking more along the lines of needing them for proper
> drivers installations specific to the laptop hardware etc.. things that a
> standard xp installation cd may not have built in or be able to find on the
> net for that matter.

If the current installation is still alive, run device manager (devmgmt.msc)
and see if there are only specialized devices that need drivers from Toshiba
(e.g., extra buttons for MP3 players, built-in webcams, etc.). If so, make a
fast trip over to Toshiba's web site to see if they're available for download!

In any case, as you've deduced, installing XP from scratch will work fine, and
for anything where the drivers aren't included with XP itself, there's about
a, oh, say, 25% chance that Windows Update will have them and about a 90%
chance you'll be able to find them on the Internet somewhere.

I don't know how Toshiba is, but Sony used to make it very difficult to just
download drivers for VAIO laptops (i.e., they just wouldn't let you do it!).
Happily that's changed in the past few years...


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