Toshiba Satellite A100 Supplementary Manual
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This particular document pertains specifically to the particular computer model selected from the Model
list on the Toshiba Download Center website. Different versions of this document – with significantly
different content – are provided for other models (including those with similar model names).
This document describes two methods for upgrading from
on Toshiba portable computers.
Windows Vista
• Perform a manual upgrade
Follow the steps immediately below to perform a 'manual upgrade'–- by performing the
various steps listed below, one at a time, without software assistance. This upgrade
method preserves your existing programs, data and user accounts. It explains how to
remove several software 'components' that are specifically for Windows XP, and which
must be removed before installing Windows Vista.
This method also includes instructions for replacing the Toshiba components for Windows
XP with corresponding components for Windows Vista. Your computer may have Windows
XP software components from other companies that must be removal before installing
Windows Vista – McAfee Internet Security and Intervideo WinDVD Creator, for example.
Contact the publishers of these applications for information about their upgrade options for
Windows Vista.
• Perform a manual clean installation
This upgrade method removes any existing programs, data and user profiles. The result is
a 'clean' installation of Windows Vista, without anything carried forward from the previous
installation of Windows XP. Click the following link to jump to the
instructions in this document.
Please print this document
you lose your connection to the Internet during the installation procedure.
Click the following link to Microsoft's
that your computer is capable of running Windows Vista, and can identify applications and other
software components that should be removed before installation of Windows Vista. The Upgrade
Advisor can also recommend the version of Windows Vista that is most appropriate to your computer.
Upgrading to Windows Vista
Upgrading to Windows Vista
Satellite A100/A105
Printing this document will allow you to follow these instructions even if
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor
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and
Tecra A7
Microsoft Windows XP
clean installation
. The Upgrade Advisor can verify
to
Microsoft
February 7, 2007
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- Page 1 This particular document pertains specifically to the particular computer model selected from the Model list on the Toshiba Download Center website. Different versions of this document – with significantly different content – are provided for other models (including those with similar model names).
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Page 2: Windows Vista
TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. == Windows Vista This procedure is specifically for use with Vista-capable Toshiba portable computers. You will need a Windows Vista installation disc and a connection to the Internet to complete the procedure. 1. Download Toshiba BIOS and software components for Windows Vista 2. - Page 3 8. Right-click the .zip file for the RAID driver, and then click will start. Follow its prompts to unzip and save the driver into the same RAID driver folder. 9. Download the Toshiba-supplied software components in the table above, one at a time, and save them to the Vista Downloads Update the computer’s BIOS...
- Page 4 TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. A list of currently-installed software components will appear, similar to the screen shot below, though the contents of the list will vary from model to model. 3. Click the name of the software component to be removed, and then click the button for that component –...
- Page 5 TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. Toshiba software components for Windows XP which must be removed before installing Windows Vista Bluetooth Stack for Windows by TOSHIBA DVD-RAM Driver Realtek High Definition Audio Driver SD Secure Module CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer TOSHIBA ConfigFree...
- Page 6 1. When prompted for the type of installation, select Custom (Advanced) . The "Where do you want install Windows?” prompt will appear, along with the message “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Windows needs the driver for device [TOSHIBA RAID].” 2. Click the Load driver link.
- Page 7 Restart Microsoft Windows Vista should now be ready for use. These installation instructions apply to Toshiba software component. Please contact the publishers of other software components (such as McAfee Internet Security and Intervideo WinDVD Creator) for information about their upgrade options for Windows Vista.
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Page 8: Clean Installation
Windows Vista, with nothing carried forward from the previous Windows XP installation. This procedure is specifically for use with Vista-capable Toshiba portable computers. You will need a Windows Vista installation disc and a connection to the Internet to complete this procedure. - Page 9 Download the RAID driver (if applicable) If a is listed for your model on the Toshiba Vista downloads webpage, then... RAID driver 1. Download the driver to a USB flash drive, or to a diskette in a USB diskette drive, or to a flash memory card –...
- Page 10 TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. Download and install Toshiba software components for Windows Vista Follow the steps below to download new Toshiba software components for Windows Vista, listed in the table immediately below. Toshiba software components for Windows Vista component...
- Page 11 America Online Yahoo! Music Engine 1. Browse to Toshiba’s Vista downloads webpage at 2. Select your computer model from the lists of Product, Family and Model, and click 3. A list of software components available for the model selected will be displayed. The list may contain more than one version of some components.