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Computer/Technology => Computer => Topic started by: goldshirt*9 on September 05, 2009, 12:29:24 AM
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my wife has a laptop
Toshiba satellite a300 [url]http://www.trustedreviews.com/laptops/review/2008/06/12/Toshiba-Satellite-A300-177-Notebook/p1/url]
now how can i find / save all the drivers from this laptop
it runs vista and i wish to put XP on it.
it came with no discs , i had to initially burn a recovery disc when it first loaded up
i don't want to dual boot
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I have no idea....you're just cute as a button and thats my only input. :-*
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Install "Driver magician" and save all the drivers as an EXE. Reformat, reload vista, click your driver back-up EXE and Bada-Bing Bada-boom..
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Just a heads up. The Vista Drivers might not be compatible with XP. I'd do what smokester said but along with that, I'd download and install Everest (http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?ps=UE&lang=en&page=10) to get an inventory of the hardware on the system and at the very least download and save the network card driver for XP. This way, after the install, you will at least be able to get online and download the drivers for the other hardware that XP doesn't recognize (I would imagine it would recognize the majority of HW though).
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I have no idea....you're just cute as a button and thats my only input. :-*
:D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D
smokester + dweez many thanks , ;D
i have and have used
driver genius .
but never used Everest
will have a go and try to persuade the wife to install XP.
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Sorry I didn't see that you were downgrading to XP, and thought you were just reloading. Dweez is obviously right in that definitely some of your Vista drivers will not work with XP so if you were to use an auto back-up prog you should save the drivers individually.
I actually use Belarc and not Everest but I would suppose they are the same, but a solution to your problem maybe something like "Driver Detective". I originally thought that it was spyware and advised against it but after some research I realised it was kosher and nothing to be afraid of - read here (http://www.jamoramas.com/?gclid=CMj4t9He3JwCFaAA4wodzyM8JQ).
You will have to make sure that you have your network card working ok so download the XP driver for that before you reload, then software like DD will seek all your other drivers for you. It is an easy way to at least get your machine roughly to the way you want it, and then you can manually configure the fine tuning.
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will look into
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LOL @ oc :D
I never knew what Everest was.. i always wondered why it was on my PC >_<
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I used to think Everest was some cheap rip-off of Aida32, and didn't like it much. Then I discovered it's like a sequel and decided to never tell this embarrassing story to anyone.
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Everest bought AIDA32 and rebranded it.
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all done and backed up.
so if i formatted i can use these drivers when i install windows xp ???
have never attempted a laptop before
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all done and backed up.
so if i formatted i can use these drivers when i install windows xp ???
have never attempted a laptop before
Windows XP will probably use some generic drivers to run certain things, but just as in the case of desktop PCs, you'll see all the hardware that needs specific drivers in your control panel. That driver detective that I mentioned actually does all that for you, although I don't know what limitations a non registered version has. But my brother in law who knows very little about all this kind of thing, managed to reload XP and DD sought out all the drivers automatically from the 2 million or so it has in its database. I was pretty shocked to be honest as I was expecting having to spend half a day sorting it out for him but I ended up with more beer time instead..
http://wwwdriverdetective.com/?tid=wishca
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thanks again
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Try these Goldshirt http://toshibatips.blogspot.com/2009/02/satellite-pro-a300-windows-xp-drivers.html (http://toshibatips.blogspot.com/2009/02/satellite-pro-a300-windows-xp-drivers.html) if thats wrong try Toshiba for your exact model here (Click on the Downloads Tab): http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp# (http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp#)
Hope all goes well.
Edit> After another search I came up with this. I think this should set you up well. http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=UK (http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=UK) Fill in your info and click on what you need/want. I've also read (some place on the web) that the recovery disc may offer a downgrade option to Windows XP from the Vista version already installed on your laptop (I cant swear it was for your model of the Satellite A300D-15B though.
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thanks for the link.
we have the a300 although i must admit the specs are different all over the web
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gave up on trying to persuade the Mrs to let me format her lappy to xp >:(
so i bought one myself . nothing special to look at , in fact pretty basic ..
a ebuyer special http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=51208&highlight=Ebuyer+Extra+Laptop (http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=51208&highlight=Ebuyer+Extra+Laptop)
have loaded xp professional and updated all the drivers using driver genius pro ;D a very fast indeed laptop .
then i loaded ubuntu as well . i choose at boot up which i want to run.
have never tried linux before and am truly amazed how easy/ fast it is . the amount of free software is amazing. :o
so many alternatives to windows that do the job just as well if not better. :)
i did want to run windows 7 but was advised not to until they iron out the bugs and wait till the usual service pack update was included in the disc .
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Well, for the record, I think MS finally did an OS roll-out right. Having Windows 7 in open beta and open release candidate, they got a lot of the earlier things ironed out already. I've been using Windows 7 since it first went open beta and I have had no problems whatsoever. I don't think the usual "wait til SP1" is necessary.
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in that case i'll buy and try w7 .
not too badly priced in the uk for a change.