E3484 Windows® XP Installation Guide November 2007 15G06Q009000
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Installing & Optimizing Windows® XP Preparing to install Windows® XP.............................................................. 1-2 Installing Windows® XP.................................................................................. 1-2 Adjusting the Display Resolution.............................................................. 1-5 Optimizing Windows® XP............................................................................. 1-6 Changing Virtual Memory...........
Preparing to Install Windows® XP Installing Windows® XP Adjusting the Display Resolution Optimizing Windows® XP 1 Installing & Optimizing Windows® XP Chapter 1: Installing & Optimizing Windows® XP 1-
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.
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. Please select boot device: HDD:SM-SILICONMOTION SM223AC USB:Slimtype DVD ↑ and ↓ to move selection ENTER to select boot device 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.
. After all the existing partitions are deleted, the unpartitioned space appears. 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.
Adjusting the Display Resolution If you need to adjust the display resolution of your Eee PC in Windows XP environment, you can easily change it with ASUS Eee PC Utility that comes within the Support CD. To adjust the display resolution: 1. 2. 3. Ensure that you've installed the ASUS ACPI driver and utility. Refer to the next chapter for details. Right-click the ASUS Eee PC Utility icon on the OS taskbar to adjust the display resolution. Select LCD 800 x 480 or LCD 800 x 600 based on your needs.
Optimizing Windows® XP For the best performance of your Eee PC with Windows XP operating system, follow some quick steps below to make your Eee PC run faster. Refer to Mircrosoft website (http://www.microsoft.com) for more information. Changing Virtual Memory Change the virtual memory based on your needs. 1- 1. 2. Go to Control Panel > System. Click the Advanced tab on the top and click the Settings button in Performance area. 3. Click Advanced tab and the Change button to change the virtual memory.
4. Enter the Initial size and the Maximum size based on your needs. Set both Initial and Maximum size to 100 MB. Turning off System Restore Though System Restore can track and reverse changes to your computer, it consumes system resources. Follow the instructions to turn off System Restore. 1. 2. 3. Go to Control Panel > System. Click System Restore tab on the top. Click the box before Turn off System Restore. After turning off System Restore, you cannot track and reverse changes to your computer.
Compressing Disk Drive 1. 2. 3. Go to Control Panel > My Computer. Right-click Local Disk (C:) and select Properties. Check the box before Compress drive to save disk space. This compression function cannot apply to read-only files. Select Skip to All to skip the incompressible files and continue. The disk drive space varies depending on model. Relocating Files My Documents 1. 2. 2. 3. 1- Prepare an external storage device such as an SD card or a USB flash disk drive.
IE Temporary Internet Files 1. 2. 2. 3. 4. 5. Prepare an external storage device such as an SD card or a USB flash disk drive. Launch Internet Explorer. Click Tools on the top and select Internet Options. Click Settings in Temporary Internet files area. Click Move Folders and select a destination in the connected external storage device. Click OK to relocate Temporary Internet Files.
Deleting unnecessary Windows Components 1. 2. 3. Go to Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. Click Add/Remove Windows Components on the left to display the component wizard. Uncheck the boxes for the Windows components you do not need and click Next. Clearing System Backup Data 1. 2. 3. Go to All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. Key in sfc.exe/purgecache. Press to clear the system backup data.
Deleting unnecessary document files 1. 2. 3. Go to Start > My Computer. Click Tools on the top and select Folder Options. Click the View tab. Toggle the option Show hidden files and folders, and unselect Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). 4. Connect a USB flash disk (size larger than 1GB) or a USB hard disk drive to your Eee PC for to back up the files you want to delete. Refer to the table on the next page for the system files you can delete.
Directory Media sample files Windows\System32 Windows\Web\Wallpaper File/Folder name Logon.scr and other *.scr files Ascent.jpg and other *.jpg files Documents and Settings\All Shared Music, Shared Pictures, Users\Document Shared Video Windows Service Pack 2 and Hot Fix Files Windows\ KB*.txt files Windows\ Windows\ 1-12 SET*.
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Support CD information The support CD that comes with the Eee PC package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all the features. All the following screens appear only in the Windows® XP SP2 environment. Running the support CD Insert the support CD in the external optical drive. The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows available device drivers when the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Click to go to the next page InstAll - Drivers Installation Wizard Installs all the drivers. ASUS ACPI Driver and Utility Installs ASUS ACPI driver before all the drivers if you are not using InstAll Wizard. Chipset Driver Installs the chipset driver. Graphic Driver Installs the graphics driver. Camera Driver (optional) Installs the camera driver.
Click to go to the previous page Wireless LAN Driver (optional) Installs the wireless LAN driver. TouchPad Driver Installs the touchpad driver.
Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications that the Eee PC supports. InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities Installs all the utilities. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you to update the Eee PC BIOS in the Windows® environment. This utility requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). ASUS Linux USB Flash Utility Makes a USB bootable disk with Linux system image for Eee PC system recovery. ADOBE Acrobat Reader V7.
Manual The Manual menu contains a list of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to open the folder of the user manual. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. Contact Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
Other information The icons on the top right corner of the screen provide additional information on the Eee PC and the contents of the support CD. Click an icon to display the specified information. System information Technical support CD content File list System Recovery There are two ways to perform the system recovery, using the support CD and using USB flask disk drive.
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