Re: WinXP (Jap) uprage to WinXP (Eng) ?

Damien;
You can not change the language.
You will need to perform a Clean Installation.
You should be able to get the drivers from the manufacturers website.

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"Damian" <ttdgrygiel@homtmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a laptop with WinXP Japanese and all of the
> drivers for the laptop. I want to change the OS to WinXP
> English.
> But how can I install WinXP English without loosing the
> hardware drivers and other inmportant programs.
>
> *Note that the WinXP Japanese recovery disks do contain
> all my drivers BUT I can't access them.Only when i choose
> to revcover the OS do these drivers get installed.
>
> Thanks