Portege R500 - Does Windows XP 64bit work?

Does it works? What about drivers?
Thanks,
Matteo

Hello
I never heard from a Toshiba notebook that supports Windows XP 64bit. The reason is why Windows XP 64bit was not so popular and the driver supports wasnt so good.
Furthermore I have checked the Toshiba website and there are no XP 64bit drivers available.
You can try to install it but have to search the drivers by yourself. Maybe you find working drivers.
Greets

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