TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Upgrading to Windows Vista
for Toshiba Satellite A100/A105 and Tecra A7
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 Microsoft Windows XP to Microsoft
Windows Vista on Toshiba portable computers.
• 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
clean installation
instructions in this document.
Please print this document Printing this document will allow you to follow these instructions even if
you lose your connection to the Internet during the installation procedure.
Click the following link to Microsoft’s Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. The Upgrade Advisor can verify
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.
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