Well, the Tecra brand is subsidiary of Toshiba. So the first step would be to locate a Toshiba authorized dealer, such as Toshiba Direct, and start the search there. The electronics store, Best Buy, also carries them.
Goto http://209.167.114.38/support/Download/files_downloads/index/Tecra/t8310en.htm
You can get them from Toshiba website.
The Tecra M4 uses a Wacom "Penabled" digitizer. You can get the driver from Wacom's website. Look for the "Penabled" tablet PC driver downloads.
There are many places where a person could purchase a used Toshiba Tecra. A person could find a used Toshiba Tecra at a pawn shop in their area. Also, someone could find a used Toshiba Tecra in the newspaper with someone selling one.
To enter the BIOS on a Tecra, hit the ESC key as soon as you see the Toshiba flashscreen in red. When prompted, hit the F1 key.
You can find the drivers on the Toshiba Australia website (http://tinyurl.com/l3hptw) or Toshiba Europe Website (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp)
With the recovery disks, just insert disk 1 into your drive, boot laptop to CD and your on the way to recovery.
What drivers are you looking for? I found tons online! Just go to htt://www.google.com and type in Toshiba Tecra 8000 leave the laptop off! http://www.quickerwit.com/search.cfm?p12&p3Tecra%208000&p5Toshiba+Tecra+8000+drivers&hl&rlsN&tabfroogler or http://www.softlookup.com/driveauthor.asp?id=1820 Hope this helps!
See the link below for a place where you can download drivers.
The free Toshiba Tecra A3 Drivers can be downloaded from the official website of Toshiba. An internet search with words "Free Toshiba Tecra A3 drivers" will give links of where to download the drivers.
I believe this is an excellent choice for a new college student because this particular laptop has all the bells and whistles that come with it that any college student at any level can most certainly can benefit from.
Depends how old the computer is.