Drivers for Eee PC's:Here I'm installing Windows XP Professional (slipstreamed SP3 + WMP11 + IE7) on the Asus Eee PC 4G version. It's an unattended installation CD created with nLite, something that I couldn't get to work using a USB stick installation.I'm using a IDE to USB cable, which came with a power supply, to connect an old CD reader I had lying around to the Eee. When the Eee boots just press Escape during the boot process and select the IDE drive and start from it.Delete and recreate the primary partition and format it using NTFS and install Windows (so just like a normal desktop installation actually, nothing could be more simple).
The original Asus EeePC can handle Windows XP very well, but the 4 GB SSD can be a bit cramped. Here is how to slim it and tweak it.While my passion is for Macs, the rest of my household prefer Windows.
Eee Pc 701
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In early 2011, I picked up an Asus EeePC 701SD. It featured the Celeron 900 MHz processor underclocked to 630 MHz, and I put 2 GB RAM in it. This model came with an 8 GB SSD, and both Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ran beautifully on it without a space issues.Fast forward to late 2012, and I was given an EeePC 701 for my son. Same processor as above, but with 1 GB RAM and only a 4 GB SSD – which is not upgradeable. I ran various Linus distros on it, such as Xandros – the original OS it shipped with – Linux Mint LXDE and EasyPeasy, but my son wanted Windows on it – he has yet to be fully educated yet.Anyway, I am lucky enough to have a USB DVD drive, otherwise the process is a little more complicated, with the need to transfer the Windows CD to a USB drive and install slightly differently. This tutorial isn’t a guide how to install, but how to make it fit comfortably under 4 GB. NLiteThe first thing I did was hop on my wife Windows laptop and grab nLite.