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Upgrading to Windows Vista for Toshiba 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.
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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. Itexplains 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 beforeinstalling 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 carriedforward 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. TheUpgrade 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.

== Windows Vista manual upgrade procedure ==
This procedure is specifically for usewith 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. Update the computer’s BIOS 3. Remove Toshiba software components for Windows XP 4. Install Windows Vista 5. Install Toshiba-supplied software components for Windows VistaUpgrading to Windows Vista

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1 Download Toshiba BIOS and software components for Windows Vista

Follow the steps below to download new Toshiba BIOS and new Toshiba-supplied software components for Windows Vista, listed in the table immediately below. These new software components will replace the XP-specific componentsto be removed in Section 2, below. The computer’s BIOS must specifically support Windows Vista. Unless Windows Vista was pre-installed on the computer, the computer’s BIOS must be updated to support Windows Vista. Toshiba software components for Windows Vista
Atheros Mini PCI/PCIe Wireless Lan (802.11 a/b/g, b/g) Driver ATI Display and Chipset Driver Bluetooth Monitor Bluetooth Stack for WindowsIntel (802.11 a/b/g, b/g) PCle Mini Card Driver Intel Display Driver nVidia Display Driver Realtek HD Audio Driver Synaptics TouchPad Driver TI Card Reader Driver Toshiba Software Modem CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer Config Free Sound Utility to Turn Mute Off After Upgrading to Vista Toshiba Hardware Setup Utility Toshiba Supervisor Password Utility TOSHIBA Assist TOSHIBA Disc Creator TOSHIBA...