Recently I removed Windows Vista and installed Windows XP on the Toshiba A215-S7428. The Windows XP installation is complete and functioning properly. Due to the driver incompatibilities, this process was much more annoying than I thought it ever could be.
To get this to work, you have to pretty much forget the Toshiba site. It is mostly unhelpful and will send you over the edge. Instead, one must dig down deep into the operating system. One must manually edit driver inf files. One must deal with trying to find a driver for “Unknown System Device”.
Fortunately, some unnamed kind soul has done all the hard work for you. I have been asked by unnamed kind soul to say the following:
Disclaimer
These drivers are not for sale. Additionally, no support is offered or implied. The posting and use of this driver set is governed by the laws of Uzbekistan. All legal proceedings must be filed in person on the third Tuesday of July at 1342 Uzbek Lane, Tashkent Uzbekistan. The use of these drivers can cause one or more of the following to occur:
- Your computer may stop functioning
- Your computer might function incorrectly
- Your computer could burst into flames
- You could experience a severe drought
- All the beer in your refrigerator could disappear
- A puppy could die
If you would rather risk the above than deal with Vista, please download the drivers at A215 Series Drivers
Included Drivers
* Agere 56k Modem Drivers (Toshiba Softmodem)
* AMD AGP Filter
* AMD DualCore Optimizer
* AMD Processor Driver (Turion64 X2)
* Realtek 8187B Wifi (need to be installed manually!)
* ATI Radeon X1200 Drivers (need to be installed manually!)
* ATI SB600 Drivers (Southbridge)
* ATI SM Bus Drivers
* Microsoft UUA HD Audio
* Realtek HD Audio Drivers
* Realtek PCIe Ethernet drivers (2 Versions, for A215 and A210 based notebooks)
* Ricoh Cardreader Drivers (memory stick, SD xD)
* ALPS Touchpad drivers (the ones with the “scrolling function”)