Kinda stupid question....

Kr0mAv2 · 03-10-2009, 12:24 PM

I have a Toshiba Satellite 17in laptop with Vista Home 32bit on it. I hate Vista, it bothers me so much : /. I was going to try and put XP Pro or XP Home Ed. onto it. Do i need a special version of Pro or Home for a laptop or can i just install the one for Desktops?

Thanks
Kroma

Logo09 · 03-10-2009, 12:34 PM

There is no special edition of windows for laptops or desktops. You should be able to pick up a copy of xp and put it on there. The only trouble you might run into is missing drivers after you install windows xp. But you should be able to get those from the laptop manufacturers website.

**TriggerFinger** · 03-10-2009, 12:34 PM

I believe a full version of either one will do. What you actually need are the drivers for XP. Toshiba website may not have the device drivers for XP... so you have to make sure you hunt them down before you even start the conversion from Vista to XP.

Also expect that you may lose some functions of the laptop (i.e. buttons, utilities, etc.), as they may NOT work in XP due to incompatibility.

03-10-2009, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kr0mAv2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Xp Media Edition	Kinda stupid question.... I have a Toshiba Satellite 17in laptop with Vista Home 32bit on it. I hate Vista, it bothers me so much : /. I was going to try and put XP Pro or XP Home Ed. onto it. Do i need a special version of Pro or Home for a laptop or can i just install the one for Desktops? Thanks Kroma

03-10-2009, 12:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Logo09 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 98 OS: Windows 7 RC build 7100 My System	Re: Kinda stupid question.... There is no special edition of windows for laptops or desktops. You should be able to pick up a copy of xp and put it on there. The only trouble you might run into is missing drivers after you install windows xp. But you should be able to get those from the laptop manufacturers website.

03-10-2009, 12:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Kinda stupid question.... I believe a full version of either one will do. What you actually need are the drivers for XP. Toshiba website may not have the device drivers for XP... so you have to make sure you hunt them down before you even start the conversion from Vista to XP. Also expect that you may lose some functions of the laptop (i.e. buttons, utilities, etc.), as they may NOT work in XP due to incompatibility. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE