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    Asus and Win XP

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by chris2401, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. chris2401

    chris2401 Newbie

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    Will Asus preload a system with Windows XP or will they only load Vista on new notebooks?

    thanks!
     
    chris2401, Jul 11, 2007
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Asus only ships their Ensemble models with Vista installed, and has been for several months now. For the whitebox customizable models, some resellers will offer the option of Vista or XP.
     
    ClearSkies, Jul 11, 2007
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  3. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Means that you have to get your own copy of XP.
     
    System64, Jul 12, 2007
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    chris2401 Newbie

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    Thanks for the responses!

    and are there any issues with XP and the Asus F3SV-1. Are all the drivers available for it? and is there a way to make my non-bootable cd of XP work with a notebook since there is no floppy drive?

    thanks!
     
    chris2401, Jul 12, 2007
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  5. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    About issues I don't know.

    You can certainly run the CD. The simplest way, download the FreeDOS ISO, burn on another CD, boot from it, swap the CDs, and run the Win installation.

    In the worst case, you can get a USB floppy drive, or a flash pen drive with DOS installed (although these are rare).
     
    E.B.E., Jul 12, 2007
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    There should be no issues for the F3, most of the hardware out there will have XP drivers. It's time to Google!
     
    System64, Jul 12, 2007
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