Re installing XP onto a laptop.

I was thinking of doing a reinstall of XP on my wifes Compaq laptop. As I understand it the disk that comes with a laptop & from others like PC's from Dell are a little different from the normal CD provided by Microsoft. Is the installation any different in any way? Is there anything else that I should know before I start?

I also noted that this laptop still have perhaps a hundred Microsoft updates since the laptop was installed. Can these be saved to an external drive so that they can be reused rather than having to download them all over again?

Thanks in advance
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