Re: Installing English windows onto a Japanese PC

From: drahnier (NO_SPAM.e.drahnier_at_t-online.de)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:05:31 +0100

I've done this several times with Sony notebooks bought in Hong Kong or
Tokyo which were initially running XP Japanese OS.
I simply re-formatted the hard drive and booted from CD-ROM containing XP
Pro US version. The only special care I had to take was selecting the
appropriate keyboard driver (as the notebooks did come with a Japanese
keyboard).
I never had any problems with device drivers. Infact, some notebooks use
drivers pulled from Sony's Japanese support site. 

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drahnier
"moo_s79" <moo_s79@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1243EB69-9AEC-44F0-AAA3-5B05F92A5A04@microsoft.com...
>I bought a laptop in Japan, but I want to install English windows onto it. 
>It
> currently has Windows XP home edition installed in Japanese, and I know I
> need to buy the English version in order to change the language. I went to 
> a
> computer shop to buy the software and I was advised against doing it as 
> some
> of the drivers may not recognise the English version of XP. I was told I
> would need to order new drivers before installing English Windows. Is this
> correct? I've been reading through other discussions about changing the
> language and nothing has been mentioned about drivers. If I do need new
> drivers how do I go about doing that? I have no idea what drivers I would
> need and don't know how to find out. Any advice would be apprecated. Thank
> you.