Windows? • The Register. I have now installed Windows XP Pro on my Eee PC and while the unit's power consumption characteristics are slightly better than they were under the standard Linux installation, it's not as much of a gain as I'd hoped for. Installing XP is straightforward. The Eee PC's manufacturer, Asus, provides the drivers you need on the DVD that comes with the micro- laptop, or you can download them from its website.
So, today when I went to overclock the FSB on my Eee PC, as I have been doing for the past week or so, everything went crazy and when I rebooted the Eee, I was met with the picture above. I have now installed Windows XP Pro on my Eee PC and while the unit's power consumption characteristics are slightly better than they were under the standard Linux installation, it's not as much of a gain as I'd hoped for. You have to adjust the laptop's BIOS to tell it you're installing an operating system and to start up from the DVD drive, but that's easy enough to do if you follow Asus' instructions.
That's what I did because my review unit didn't come with said DVD. It did come with the manual, however, and that has a comprehensive set of instructions to guide you through the process.
Installing Windows XP on the Asus EEE pc using a single USB flash drive. Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC. How to Install Windows XP on an ASUS Eee PC Using a USB Drive. This topic will guide you step-by-step through installing Microsoft Windows XP on an ASUS Eee PC netbook, which comes pre-installed with Linux distro and has no CD/DVD drive..
Asus' Eee PC: ships with Linux, but better with Windows XP? A trip to Maplin later and I had a 4. USB DVD writer to connect to the Eee PC.
You have to adjust the laptop's BIOS to tell it you're installing an operating system and to start up from the DVD drive, but that's easy enough to do if you follow Asus' instructions. Then it's just a matter of letting Windows' set- up do its thing.
With XP in place, you can install the drivers from the DVD. I tripped up on one gotcha: fresh from the install, the Eee PC's Wi- Fi adaptor is turned off, so the Atheros software kept complaining that I didn't have a wireless adaptor installed. Just tap Fn+F2 to turn the radio on, and the software works exactly as it should.
Asus' instructions assume you'll be plugging a USB Flash drive or HDD into your Eee PC, but I chose instead to slot in a 4. GB San. Disk SDHC memory card and use that. OK, you can't remove it afterwards - at least not while the machine's up and running - but I'd say it's a more convenient approach than having to carry Flash drive around too.
Install Windows XP on Asus Eee PC 1. Introduction In December 2008 i bought online with my credit card (thanks to ePayment) four Asus Eee PCs 4G Surf (two white and two black models) from PCfun. You're almost ready to boot your Eee PC with your nLited XP disc. I'm not sure why ASUS has these BIOS modes to tell the Eee if you're installing an OS or not, but it's what they recommend so we're going to follow their procedure. Booting from the nLite CD When the Eee restarts and the BIOS screen appears, immediately start hitting the Esc key.
A basic 4. GB San. Disk cards costs around £3. San. Disk has faster and/or more capacious options too, as do many other SDHC card makers.
Why use one at all? Firstly, a standard Windows install will fill up a good portion of the Eee PC's 4. GB solid- state drive. With a little pruning, you can get XP into 2. GB - there's a way to reduce it even further, which I'll talk about later - leaving 1.
GB for apps and data. Move My Documents to your SD card. Click for full- size image. Secondly, Windows writes many more files to the drive than Linux apparently does, and a lot of Eee PC users are understandably worried that that will significantly reduce the longevity of the SSD. Yes, Flash memory cells can only be written to a limited (but large) number of times, but modern Flash controllers are able to work around this by juggling writes to minimise the number of times a given cell is written to. The upshot is that the SSD should last as long as the laptop does. Still, why risk it when you can make use of removable storage that, unlike the SSD, is easy to replace?
To make the most of the SDHC, you have to tell Windows to keep your My Documents folder, its own Temporary Internet Items space and the virtual memory file on the card. Asus' instructions show you how to do this, but Eee. User. com has a clearer guide here.
Incidentally, for folk keen to keep the Linux distro, Eee. User. com has a wealth of useful hints on improving its user experience, particularly handy if you have no Linux experience.
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At this point I decided to try installing the Win XP Pro, inside the Win XP home, so I copied the Win XP Pro to the hard disk of Eee PC and run the install from the windows desktop. The program complained about the difference in languages. inside the Win XP home, so I copied the Win XP Pro to the hard disk of Eee PC and run the install from the windows desktop. The program complained about the difference in languages (english x portuguese) and told me that a new installation would be done. Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC. To complete this tutorial you need a 32bit version of. « JVM Monitoring with JConsole. Slimming Down Windows XP Professional Using nLite » Installing WinXP on EEE PC by USB-Stick. Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC. To complete this tutorial you need a 32bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista installed on your home PC. What you’ll need: USB_PREP8 (alternative. I am trying to reinstall Windows XP on an Asus Eee PC. It doesn't have a CD drive, so I'm trying to use an SD card and an ISO copy of Windows XP, but I'm having a problem with booting from the SD. For some reason, it's not recognizing the SD card at start up and instead tries to run windows normally. Install Windows XP on your Asus Eee PC using a USB flash drive. This method of running and installing a Windows from a USB flash drive works on all computers not just Asus Eee PC's.