XP Home Install on olderToshiba Laptop

My 2nd system is a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S202 that was originally built to
run either Win2000 pro or Windows ME. I am presently running Ubuntu 7.04
Linux on it, but I would like to install and run a Retail copy of XP Home
Edition I've purchased on it. It has a 770 Mhz Intel processor and 256 mb
of Ram installed with a 60GB harddrive and CD/DVD rom drive, built in modem,
lan, usb. The maximum amount of Ram I can install is 384MB.

Most Toshiba forums I've been to, seem to believe that attempting an
installation of XP on a laptop this old is a waste of time, I beg to differ
with them. Anyone here with Toshiba expertise have any advice or
suggestions?

C J. wrote:
> My 2nd system is a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S202 that was originally
> built to run either Win2000 pro or Windows ME. I am presently
> running Ubuntu 7.04 Linux on it, but I would like to install and
> run a Retail copy of XP Home Edition I've purchased on it. It has
> a 770 Mhz Intel processor and 256 mb of Ram installed with a 60GB
> harddrive and CD/DVD rom drive, built in modem, lan, usb. The
> maximum amount of Ram I can install is 384MB.
> Most Toshiba forums I've been to, seem to believe that attempting
> an installation of XP on a laptop this old is a waste of time, I
> beg to differ with them. Anyone here with Toshiba expertise have
> any advice or suggestions?

The Toshiba forum would be where I would suggest going in the first place.

Does Toshiba even offer drivers for this model for Windows XP?
If not - then the Toshiba Forum responders are likely right... You might
get it installed and you might get lucky and all the drivers will be in
Windows XP itself (doubtful) or a third-party option might be available
(video/nic - maybe - sound - possibly but less likely, chipset and others -
who knows...)

It'll run - albeit with the RAM limit - a little slower than one would
like - although turning off the XP bells and whictles might get you going to
a tolerable speed. The question is, really - will all the parts of it work
as expected? Hardware drivers are a big thing - particularly with laptops -
and if you don't have the right ones - it may well be more trouble than it
is worth.

My suggestion...

- Image the machine as it stands now (working with whatever OS...)
- Install CLEAN - Windows XP Home...
- Install all the hardware drivers you are missing from Device manager that
you can...
- Update with the latest OS security updates/patches (not drivers) from
windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Come back and let us know how it went.
Worst case - you restore to the image you made before trying all this.

Symantec/Norton Ghost
http://snipurl.com/13e00

Acronis True Image
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputin...ucts/trueimage/

BootIt™ NG
http://terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

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MS-MVP
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Shenan Stanley <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
> C J. wrote:
>> My 2nd system is a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S202 that was originally
>> built to run either Win2000 pro or Windows ME. I am presently
>> running Ubuntu 7.04 Linux on it, but I would like to install and
>> run a Retail copy of XP Home Edition I've purchased on it. It has
>> a 770 Mhz Intel processor and 256 mb of Ram installed with a 60GB
>> harddrive and CD/DVD rom drive, built in modem, lan, usb. The
>> maximum amount of Ram I can install is 384MB.
>> Most Toshiba forums I've been to, seem to believe that attempting
>> an installation of XP on a laptop this old is a waste of time, I
>> beg to differ with them. Anyone here with Toshiba expertise have
>> any advice or suggestions?
>
> The Toshiba forum would be where I would suggest going in the first
> place.
> Does Toshiba even offer drivers for this model for Windows XP?
> If not - then the Toshiba Forum responders are likely right... You
> might get it installed and you might get lucky and all the drivers
> will be in Windows XP itself (doubtful) or a third-party option might
> be available (video/nic - maybe - sound - possibly but less likely,
> chipset and others - who knows...)
>
> It'll run - albeit with the RAM limit - a little slower than one would
> like - although turning off the XP bells and whictles might get you
> going to a tolerable speed. The question is, really - will all the
> parts of it work as expected? Hardware drivers are a big thing -
> particularly with laptops - and if you don't have the right ones - it
> may well be more trouble than it is worth.
>
> My suggestion...
>
> - Image the machine as it stands now (working with whatever OS...)
> - Install CLEAN - Windows XP Home...
> - Install all the hardware drivers you are missing from Device
> manager that you can...
> - Update with the latest OS security updates/patches (not drivers)
> from windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Come back and let us know how it went.
> Worst case - you restore to the image you made before trying all this.
>
> Symantec/Norton Ghost
> http://snipurl.com/13e00
>
> Acronis True Image
> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputin...ucts/trueimage/
>
> BootIt™ NG
> http://terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

Thx Shenan.

C J. <no.reply@example.invalid> wrote:
> Shenan Stanley <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
>> C J. wrote:
>>> My 2nd system is a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S202 that was originally
>>> built to run either Win2000 pro or Windows ME. I am presently
>>> running Ubuntu 7.04 Linux on it, but I would like to install and
>>> run a Retail copy of XP Home Edition I've purchased on it. It has
>>> a 770 Mhz Intel processor and 256 mb of Ram installed with a 60GB
>>> harddrive and CD/DVD rom drive, built in modem, lan, usb. The
>>> maximum amount of Ram I can install is 384MB.
>>> Most Toshiba forums I've been to, seem to believe that attempting
>>> an installation of XP on a laptop this old is a waste of time, I
>>> beg to differ with them. Anyone here with Toshiba expertise have
>>> any advice or suggestions?
>>
>> The Toshiba forum would be where I would suggest going in the first
>> place.
>> Does Toshiba even offer drivers for this model for Windows XP?
>> If not - then the Toshiba Forum responders are likely right... You
>> might get it installed and you might get lucky and all the drivers
>> will be in Windows XP itself (doubtful) or a third-party option might
>> be available (video/nic - maybe - sound - possibly but less likely,
>> chipset and others - who knows...)
>>
>> It'll run - albeit with the RAM limit - a little slower than one
>> would like - although turning off the XP bells and whictles might
>> get you going to a tolerable speed. The question is, really - will
>> all the parts of it work as expected? Hardware drivers are a big
>> thing - particularly with laptops - and if you don't have the right
>> ones - it may well be more trouble than it is worth.
>>
>> My suggestion...
>>
>> - Image the machine as it stands now (working with whatever OS...)
>> - Install CLEAN - Windows XP Home...
>> - Install all the hardware drivers you are missing from Device
>> manager that you can...
>> - Update with the latest OS security updates/patches (not drivers)
>> from windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>>
>> Come back and let us know how it went.
>> Worst case - you restore to the image you made before trying all
>> this. Symantec/Norton Ghost
>> http://snipurl.com/13e00
>>
>> Acronis True Image
>> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputin...ucts/trueimage/
>>
>> BootIt™ NG
>> http://terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>
> Thx Shenan.

Heres an update. I thought I had a full retail version of home.. It turns
out the idiot who took my order sent me an Upgrade CD instead. I did a
clean install, and used a Win 98 CD to qualify for upgrade, and it installed
normally. No one was more surprised than I was when I got out onto the
desktop, and had a look in Device Manager. "All my ducks were in a row"
Here I figured I was going to have to download some drivers, but the Home Ed
Update CD must of had everything the Laptop needed.

I plan to image this drive in the morning.