Windows® XP Installation Guide for ASUS eee pc

Installing & Optimizing Windows® XP. Preparing to install Windows® XP Before installing Windows® XP operating system to your Eee PC, you need the following items. • A USB 2.0 CD/DVD-ROM • The official Windows® XP Service Pack 2 disc from Microsoft® • A USB flash disk (size larger than 1GB) or external hard disk drive • ASUS Eee PC support CD from the package The older version of Windows® OS does not support USB CD/DVD-ROM. Ensure the disc you have is Windows® XP Service Pack 2. Installing Windows® XP Follow the instructions below to install Windows® XP service pack 2: 1. Connect the power cord to your Eee PC. 2. Insert the Windows XP Service Pack 2 disc to the USB CD/DVD- ROM and connect the USB optical drive to your Eee PC. 3. Press during the bootup screen. 6. The Please select boot device screen appears. Select USB: XXXXXX (may be labled as the ODD brand name) to boot from the optical drive. 1-3 Please select boot device: ? and ? to move selection ENTER to select boot device HDD:SM-SILICONMOTION SM223AC USB:Slimtype DVD. 7. After the Windows® XP installation screen appears. Press to delete the existing partitions. You will lose all your data after deleting all existing disk partitions. Ensure to back up your important data before installing Windows® XP to your Eee PC. Windows XP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list. • To set up Windows XP on the selected item, Press ENTER. • To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. • To delete the selected partition , press D. Enter=Install D=Delete Partition F3=Quit 1907 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atai [MBR] F: Partition1 [Unknown] 1490 MB ( 1490 MB free) G: Partition2 [Unknown] 400 MB ( 400 MB free) C: Partition3 (BIOS) [FAT] 8 MB ( 8 MB free) H: Partition4 [Unknown] 8 MB ( 8 MB free) Unknown Disk (There is no disk in this drive.). 8. After all the existing partitions are deleted, the unpartitioned space appears. 9. Press and select Format the partition using the NTFS file system to start the Windows® XP OS setup. 10. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. 11. After the Windows® XP OS installation is completed. Restart the system. 12. After entering Windows, insert the Support CD to the USB CD/DVD-ROM and click InstAll – Drivers Installation Wizard to install all drivers. It may take some time to install Windows XP operating system and reinstall all the drivers. If the screensaver starts, press any key to bring back the installation screen…

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