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From: French Quarter on 14 Feb 2010 16:06
Installing XP home on a Toshiba A150 S2194 Laptop.

I usually use either a DELL or eMachine Corp Enterprise XP Home CD, install
and reboot then register with MS online / Validate / Call Telephone / Change
the 25 keys and UPDATE. Reboot and the Validate with the legal 25 key
sticker on the Laptop case.

But this Toshiba is not working. What should I do ? The legal sticker is
on the case.

Does Toshiba Tech Requires Toshiba Software installation for registering
with MS / Validating the 25 digit key install sticker on the laptop case?

I have a TOSHIBA A105 S2194 laptop with no recovery disks.

Thanks.

From: Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] on 14 Feb 2010 16:33
You don't really say what part is not working?
However I'd call Toshiba and see if you can buy some Restore/Recovery CD's
Russ

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"French Quarter" <French.Quarter(a)tulane.edu> wrote in message
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> Installing XP home on a Toshiba A150 S2194 Laptop.
>
> I usually use either a DELL or eMachine Corp Enterprise XP Home CD,
> install and reboot then register with MS online / Validate / Call
> Telephone / Change the 25 keys and UPDATE. Reboot and the Validate with
> the legal 25 key sticker on the Laptop case.
>
> But this Toshiba is not working. What should I do ? The legal sticker is
> on the case.
>
> Does Toshiba Tech Requires Toshiba Software installation for registering
> with MS / Validating the 25 digit key install sticker on the laptop case?
>
> I have a TOSHIBA A105 S2194 laptop with no recovery disks.
>
> Thanks.

From: smlunatick on 15 Feb 2010 16:24
On Feb 14, 9:06 pm, "French Quarter" <French.Quar...(a)tulane.edu>
wrote:
> Installing XP home on a Toshiba A150 S2194 Laptop.
>
> I usually use either a DELL or eMachine Corp Enterprise XP Home CD, install
> and reboot then register with MS online / Validate / Call Telephone / Change
> the 25 keys and UPDATE.  Reboot and the Validate with the legal 25 key
> sticker on the Laptop case.
>
> But this Toshiba is not working.  What should I do ?  The legal sticker is
> on the case.
>
> Does Toshiba Tech Requires Toshiba Software installation for registering
> with MS / Validating the 25 digit key install sticker on the laptop case?
>
> I have a TOSHIBA A105 S2194 laptop with no recovery disks.
>
> Thanks.

The problem is you need to use a "non-branded" generic XP Home install
CD and not the ones from Dell / eMachines. Branded install CD can be
"tweaked" to only permit the install to work on the "same" brand of
PCs.

As for Toshiba's versions, as with most laptops, Toshiba usually
provides a "recovery CD" image (an installed version of XP) that is
already "activated."
From: French Quarter on 16 Feb 2010 08:51
Thank you for the quick response, I will test with the non branded store
version

From: French Quarter on 16 Feb 2010 08:51
Thank you Russ. For the small cost I will try to purchase the disks
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