Installing Windows XP on Asus EEE

Hello,

I have had a search around the web and on NBR but I haven't found a definate answer. I'm trying to install Windows XP on my Asus EEE PC but I don't have an external DVD/CD drive. I've found various methods online but they all don't seem to work for me. Can anyone recommend a working method (Installing Windows XP without an external drive) that they have used either with a USB drive or SD Card?

Cheers

 

The answer you seek is probably covered in great detail over at EEEuser.com? If nothing else, there you have a dedicated community of EEE owners that can offer assistance.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl12D1jFmwE

Sorry.. this is for installing XP withan external drive.

 

So, anybody found a solution to this?
Also, what would be the remaining HDD space after installing Windows XP? Assuming the HDD is 4GB?

 

The method that I used to install Windows on my EEE was the first link I got from google search:

http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html

 

Thanks for the info. Judging from your signature, you must be an Eee owner. How is the device usage up to now? Is it problem-free? Also, I believe you have 8GB SD card in your Eee. How's the performance of the card? I've read the reviews on this website regarding the speed but I'm a more practical person. I would like to know directly from the end user. Hope you could fill me in with some info
Thanks.

 

Talk about an disorganized response below, the point I'm trying to make below is that the EeePC is a jack of all trades, but no master. Its like a Swiss Army knife, cheap stainless blade with a bunch of mini cheap tools, all very useful in a pinch or when you just need it to do something really fast, but no replacement for a high carbon blade and the real tools

I don't really care about the read/seek speed, fast enough to read comics, watch movies and listen to MP3s from, which is what I mostly use it for. I have my documents (pictures, movies and music), internet temp files and games installed on the 8GB SDHC card and in 20/20 hind sight I should of put up the money and gotten the 16GB one. Surprisingly I experience most of my problems with the first RC of Service Pack 3, the newer one works great. I use Astray for res switching when I hook it up to my HDTV to watch movies I downloaded and am very close to finding the perfect res for using the internet form my couch. To be honest, this is what I use my EeePC mainly for since recently I've had nothing to do at work I've been reading my comics there instead of at home in bed on my EeePC. There are some minor issues with heat since I OC for watching movies, I find it best to have the fan at 70% keeps it around 60 degrees if it gets over 70 degrees trouble follows. Without OCing sometimes on the TV it seems like the FPS is to low and films take longer to load. I also run LOTR Online of an external if I just wanna get from point A to point B. Also play all my old N64 games on there.

 

Without OCing.. would it be a problem watching movies? For example watching a back-to-back marathon movie for about 6hours.
Without OCing, would the heat be bearable on the lap?

 

Eh just wondering, I actually I have considered to use "Portable Windows XP" for eeePC, has anyone tried this before? The problem with instaling windows xp in my eeepc is that I only have the 2gb hdd version...

 

why my Eee pc series webcam doesnt work

 

You need to enable your web cam in the BIOS, f2 on boot and onboard devices. You can also increase your battery time by disabling onboard devices and such (theres an app at eeeusers.com that you can disable the webcam in windows).

You won't really have a problem with watching movies on the EeePC, it just loads faster if you OC...by a second or so. Its at higher resolutions like 1280x768 on an HDTV that you may wanna consider OCing since rendering a movie at a higher res requires a bit more horse power. My current bios does not allow 1920x1080, but there have been reports that certain BIOS do permit that high a resolution and plays smooth if OCed (I'm happy with 720P or less since most movies I have aren't that high res). On the regular 800x480 the EeePC performs fine for movies and stuff.

Heat is not an issue with this notebook on your lap, even when OCing.

As long as it has the installer, I downloaded a version of portable that didn't have the installer and that didn't work with the USB drive method so I ended up using a full version of XP. There are alternative installation instructions if you search around, some requiring an SDHC card and some requiring a external ROM.

 

Back to my first question, how much HDD space is left after installing Windows XP assuming you have a 4GB SSD in the Eee?

 

Hmm, If I remembered correctly, Windows XP approximately eating about 1,5 GB space, it means you still have about 2,5 GB free space. You should turn off the system restore though, for unknown reason, Windows XP installation folder becomes mysteriously bigger as time passes. I almost never install anything in my C:\, but suddenly it's 5,69 gb already!

 

You're having the 8GB version?

 

nope, I have the 2 gb version, I plan to use windows xp portable since my mother using it and she is computer illaterate. That post is referrence to my current win xp in my acer travelmate 260.

 

Keep in mind there is also the system32/dllcache folder which contains around 500 megs of DLLs at installation, those can be safely deleted. So perhaps you'll get to a 1GB clean install, rather than 1.5.

And turning off system restore should do the trick of keeping the space limited. As well as cleaning up temp folders regularly, and uninstalling any accessories that you don't need.

Take a look at my WinXP guide (signature) for how to do all these things.

 

Since 2GB is too small, you can use an 8GB SDHC card to install WINXP, procedures is available at: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:installxp. this was done on a 4G but it should be the same procedure to install it on a 2G.

 

uh, please confirm me for sure, you meant we use SDHC card as installer for the winxp right? Not installing the SHDC card as permanent harddrive for the eeepc (coz I thought I saw someone tweaking his asus eeepc and adding flash memory). I think I will do this on next month, coz currently, the eeepc is in my home, rather far away from here.

 

Running windows from SDHC and use SSD as 2nd HDD? oooo... swapping the concept!

 

I am in the process of buying and overmodding an eeePC.

I am installing 2 USB flash drives inside it so I should have around 30G total memory, and installing XP on the main 2Go.

You can get nLite to make a superlite XP installation. I am working on it as I speak. Removing ALL the stock drivers and replacing by only the ones needed.

Also adding a GPS, touch panel, the 2 internal flash drives, a 4 ports hub (inside the notebook) to be able to have all that work and still keep the 3 external ports usable.

I found on the eeePCusers forum that the heat tranfers is not that bad since the GPU, WiFi and sound cards are heatsunk to the alluminium plate behind the keyboard.

I also plan on adding a USB port under the ramdoor to be able to use a 2.5" laptop harddrive in an external adapter and have a 250G data drive.

As soon as I complete the superlite install, I will post it somewhere for sharing.

 

gosh, 250 gb!? I think that's crazy tweak... O_O

Anyway, I wish I could tweak my eeepc like you do, but I'm afraid if I have to solder some things up, I worry that my eeepc might become a lump of metal afterward...

 

I don't think the battery will last an hour with all that installed..