Satellite A215-S5837: Want to dual boot XP/Ubuntu

Hey all just got my new laptop and before buying it I knew I wanted to install Linux on it. However I do *not* like Vista, so I would also like to install XP instead, as a failsafe in case something goes wrong with my Linux partition (I am fairly new), I'll be able to go back to XP and still work on it.
I went to the Toshiba website, but they mostly have drivers for Vista, and only a few for XP. Does anybody know where I can find the drivers I would need for XP? I'm hoping Ubuntu will be able to find the drivers on its own, but I know XP doesn't give you any slack.

Hi
The Satellite A215-S5837 is a Toshiba US series and the compatible drivers can be found on the US driver page.
I have visited it and found some XP drivers but as you already said the list is not complete.
Im not 100% sure but some notebooks from European series Satellite/Equium A210 were equipped with the same internal devices.
I your case I would try to install some single drivers designed for the A210 series.
Maybe it will function.
Regarding the Linux drivers; well, if Im not mistaken the Linux is not officially supported and therefore Toshiba driver page does not provide any Linux drivers
Therefore you have to collect it by yourself.
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