RE: XP Professional on Toshiba P10-221

From: BAR (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/17/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:36:04 -0700

Toshiba should have supplied you a set of Recovery Disks which are used to reinstate the PC back to factory fresh state.

To do a clean installation of XP Home from this is quicker than using a retail version of XP. You will not have the XP Home OEM version of the type described by Cerridwen, which is on a single CD just like the retail version [but cheaper for the system builder to buy].

If your requirement is for an XP Pro system, and you have a FULL version of XP Pro not an Upgrade version:
1. keep a copy of all the Toshiba drivers and utilities [download them from their site and keep them on a separate CD]
2. do a clean installation of XP Pro
3. Install drivers when prompted and add Toshiba utilities
4. Activate Windows XP Pro

If your requirement is for an XP Pro system, and you have an Upgrade version of P Pro you will need to;
1. Restore your PC from the Toshiba CD set
2. Complete the installation process: personalisation etc [activation is not required when setting up from Toshiba CD set]
3. Perform an Upgrade using you XP Pro CD
4. Activate Windows XP Pro

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