Need help installing windows on a laptop.

[slimmx]

One of my friends asked me to reinstall windows on her laptop. Right now she got Windows 98 on it and she wants me to install Windows Xp pro.

I installed windows on pcs a million times. I don't have a laptop myself and I don't know are there any things I should keep in mind when reinstalling it on a laptop? How do I go about installing drivers? and where do I find them?

It's a Sager brand pc.
1ghz
256mb ram
20gb hd

I am here looking in the device manager and there is sh*t here I never seen before.
Ex: video card is SIS 630. Would I have to dl a driver from the internet or would the Windows driver work fine for that?

[bottle-necked]

Here is a link to the support page for that notebook http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/tech_support.html but you need the model number to find out what drivers are available. I noticed the page said not all their products are compatible with XP, so I'd research available drivers before I installed.

Good luck.

[slimmx]

Thanks bottle-necked. I got another question. It doesn't say anywhere on the laptop what model it is. All it says that it is an NP SERIES. Is there a way to check it out in windows?

[bottle-necked]

Haha.... Everyone one of them on that support page are NP series.

It should be marked on the outside of the case. Look on the bottom at the stickers or for a book or manual. My HP laptop has it wrote all over it.

I don't know where it would be in Windows except maybe in Device Manager. <Right click MY Computer - choose Properties>{General Tab}.

Good luck.