M6Ne Setup

Thanks to all the great advice you guys have given me, I have finally decided on the M6Ne (SXGA+, 60G HDD, 512Mb RAM). It will be here in 2 days!! [ ]
Very excited about my lappy! Just wonder the steps for setup once it arrives. It's a barebone (no OS) notebook and only Asus drivers will be supplied. First step should be WinXP, but then what?
For those who have experience, please let me know what the best way to setup is. Also, I've seen some of you talk about BIOS and AsusProbe....I'm a bit confused with those...what version should I d/l and install? Thanks for feedback!

 

Depending on what other tools you have available, I would say partitioning the hard drive is the first step. I don't recall if the Windows setup lets you create your own partition layout before installing or not. Maybe it does. If not, then using some other tool to do that would my first priority. In my case, I booted SuSE Linux first and started its rescue system so I could layout the disk the way I wanted, dual booting Linux and Windows.

But after you get Windows installed, I don't think the rest of the stuff is very critical. I think if you run the Asus CD and hit everything on its menu in top-down order you'll be fine. Of course it will take like 6 reboots before you get everything on.


old: Sony PCG-GR300P 1.13GHz PIII-M, 512MB
new: Asus M6Ne 2.00GHz P-M, 2GB

 

Do you actually have to reboot for every individual driver you install? I thought it's done all at once and a single restart will do...

 

I recommend installing Network (for internet), then going to Asus site, downloading latest software and then installing everything else from CD.
This way you ll have all latest drivers and utilities available.

\Great choice. This notebook really kewl.