Advice Needed: Re-installing old version of XP

I'm getting ready to reinstall Windows XP Home on a hand-me-down Satellite 1955-S803.
I plan to reformat and re-partition the HD.
From past experience at trying to install Windows operating systems, I'm worried that I'll mess up the process, because I often don't understand the what the installation prompts mean or are asking me to do.
I'm hoping there's a tutorial or step-by-step installation guide that will tell me what to do at each of the prompts.
I've got the set of disks that Toshiba sent me for this machine.  The copyright on the disks is 1985-2001. 
I'm worried that, since the version of the OS I'm going to install appears to be years and years out-of-date, that I'll have to download an awful lot of patches and updates.  I'm still using a (free!) dial-up ISP and wonder how long this might take.
Would it be possible to divide up the downloads into managable batches, and download one batch per night, leaving the computer online all night after I go to bed?
Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"

Satellite 1955-S803 
I'm getting ready to reinstall Windows XP Home on a hand-me-down Satellite 1955-S803. I plan to reformat and re-partition the HD.
I've got the set of disks that Toshiba sent me for this machine
If you are going to use the discs that Toshiba sent you, Will, you will not be partitioning the hard disk or even installing Windows.
You will be restoring the hard disk to its original contents. The process simply lays down all the bytes on the drive, one-by-one. The original preinstalled Windows with all the drivers, utilities, and original software will be restored.
Yes, there will be updates for Windows from Microsoft. Be sure that you have a firewall in place before you go on line. It takes only a few seconds nowadays to contract a virus infection.
-Jerry

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