Install a lightweight version of Windows XP on the Asus Eee PC using nLite

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The General tab of the Tweaks screen lets you make various tweaks to the way Windows works – this is all completely subjective, so select the options you want. Or you can just copy our selections for the least fuss. Ignore the Services tab and click Next when you’re done.

Step 13
Click Yes on the dialog box that appears and nLite will start to create your customised Windows XP install CD. You won’t need a blank CD just yet and you can’t click Next until the process has finished. This step takes a while.

Step 14
This configuration has reduced the Windows XP installation by 429Mb.

Step 15

Click Next and the Bootable ISO screen appears. Here you can create an ISO image to later burning to CD, or burn the disc directly from nLite – your call. If you want to add the Windows drivers from the Asus-supplied CD to this disc, click the Explore button to open the folder that nLite will use to create the image or disc. Just copy the Asus drivers to this folder (perhaps to a subfolder called Asus Drivers) before you create the image.

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written by a guest , February 05, 2008

Thanks that was great. It must have taken you a long time to sort that out.

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written by Red_Horseman , February 10, 2008

Wow you are awsome... I cant wait to try this

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written by peertwo , February 17, 2008

A word of caution.
I tried this with nLite v1.41, WinXP Pro and d/l SP2.
nLite kept on crashing with "driver.cab".
Tried with a version of WinXP Pro with SP2, crashed on sp2.cab.
Not to be deterred, I tried nLite 1.35.
It has a few slightly different options, but produced a .iso without a hitch.
Tried to install to the ASUS (4gb, 2gb RAM) and it failed to install ole32.dll.
(Made additional copies of .iso - in case of dodgy disc), no luck.
Then found myself in a recurring loop of windows trying to setup and run, and crashing due to ole32.dll missing.
Now re-installing original linux image from DVD
(remember BIOS OS installation to "START", and press "TAB" at the boot screen to choose device to install from, else windows goes around in circles).

I would still like a reduced version of XP on my ASUS.
Has anyone had success with the above ?
Anyone have similar woes ?

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windows on a eee pc
written by ian , February 18, 2008

I have read the article on installing W_XP
on a eee pc, and half way through began to wonder whether it would not be more sensible to install W_98.
Any views, anyone tried it?

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written by anonymous , February 22, 2008

A word of caution.
I tried this with nLite v1.41, WinXP Pro and d/l SP2.
nLite kept on crashing with "driver.cab".
Tried with a version of WinXP Pro with SP2, crashed on sp2.cab.
Not to be deterred, I tried nLite 1.35.
It has a few slightly different options, but produced a .iso without a hitch.
Tried to install to the ASUS (4gb, 2gb RAM) and it failed to install ole32.dll.
(Made additional copies of .iso - in case of dodgy disc), no luck.
Then found myself in a recurring loop of windows trying to setup and run, and crashing due to ole32.dll missing.
Now re-installing original linux image from DVD
(remember BIOS OS installation to "START", and press "TAB" at the boot screen to choose device to install from, else windows goes around in circles).

I would still like a reduced version of XP on my ASUS.
Has anyone had success with the above ?
Anyone have similar woes ?

Had a similar problem a while back slipstreaming a setup for a Mac. I believe it was the installer version on the original windows CD not being current enough. I did it with windows SP3 which contains everything you need. OR you could download he installer update from MS Windows update site. Might work for you either way.

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written by TW , March 04, 2008

Don't remove the standard Windows camera drivers, the Eee uses these for it's webcam...as we found out the first time we did this!

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re: windows on a eee pc
written by Mark Wheeler , March 18, 2008

I have read the article on installing W_XP
on a eee pc, and half way through began to wonder whether it would not be more sensible to install W_98.
Any views, anyone tried it?

Suggest that sensible and W_95/98 should never be used in the same sentence.
XP is an operating system (NT 5); W_95/98 is a set of pictures on top of DOS!

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ASUS Officially Launches Eee P
written by Aubs , March 18, 2008

ASUS Officially Launches Eee PC with Microsoft Windows Operating System

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/news03052008.htm

thought this may be of interest to some.

Aubs

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install nLite on Asus900Windows
written by Peter , June 15, 2008

someone has put a lot of work in to this step by step, and it has worked as described so far. I now have an nLiteXP install CD but am unsure how to complete project. Do I have to remove initial full XP installation from my 900? If so, how? Or does fresh OS installation simply overwrite it? I'd be grateful if someone could help me complete this. Then I can tell if it really works.

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written by Julian Prokaza , June 15, 2008

Peter, if you already have Windows XP installed, you're better off deleting it before reinstalling your slipstreamed version.

You can do this during the new installation - when you're asked where you want to install Windows, just delete the current C: partition (where Windows is currently installed), then create a new partition for the slipstreamed Windows XP.

Just be warned that this will obviously wipe everything on the laptop, so backup anything you want to keep before you start.

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written by Peter , June 15, 2008

Thanks Julian. It seems to have worked. The installation is an astonishing 1.84GB which makes the 3.73GB C: drive useable again. (I had been shocked to receive 'disk full' message 4 days after buying Asus with factory set up!)
The only problem I have now is that Internet Explorer seems to be missing or incomplete - it will not open. Any thoughts? Did I miss a 'tick' when preparing the nLite install disk?
Also, should screen resolution for Asus 900 be set to 1024x600 rather than 800x480 as shown in step-by-step?
I'm very grateful for your help on this.

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written by Jules145 , June 19, 2008

Can I use Asus DVD System Disk that originally came with Eee PC 900 XP to install XP in a Linux Eee PC 900?

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written by Alan Lush , July 22, 2008

Jules
The little green book that comes with the Eee PC now has a chapter of replacing Xandros Linux with XP. You need a USB DVD drive (of course) and it must be XP - SP2 or higher. The Eee now has 1Gb ram, so I imagine it will all fit. I havent tried it yet - but I'm going to

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Removing partitions
written by Tim , August 13, 2008

I've made a slipstreamed disk to install on my 701 4gb (upgreaded with 2gb ram) it boots from the cd fine, but when it comes to choosing where to install WinXP it shows 4 partitions a 1.4gb, a 2.3gb and 2 8mb ones. One of the first two would be the obvious choice but it says that these drives don't have any disks in! Do I remove all the partitions and create a new one? If I did that, would I be able to restore linux from the cd at a later date if I wanted? Should I leave the smaller partitions in place?

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written by Adam , September 18, 2008

Does anyone know if this'll work on a 901?

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written by Mike , November 11, 2008

Really helpful article - thanks (even more thanks if I manage to do it right!)

2 questions though:
1. In nLite, is it possible to create the new installation files on a hard drive rather than a CD - and then

2. is it possible to install onto the eee from a USB hard drive rather than CD?

Would be grateful if anyone knows - because sitting here i have an external hard drive available but not a USB CD.

Thanks

Mike

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written by BeZ , November 13, 2008

I've done all these things, so now i've got the iso file, but i do not have an external cd-rom, so i copyed the iso to a pendrive ( i made it bootable), but is doesn't work.
Please help me!
Thanx
BeZ

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Watch out for the multi processor
written by Mike , November 15, 2008

Have managed to follow these instructions and then got a problem installing the Asus ACPI driver. Too much of a novice to know what that does, except bring up endless loops of error messages. This was on the 901.

After a bit a searching i found a forum with the answer. When you are nliting for the 901, you need to include the multiprocessor option in the hardware section. I changed this, and it works a treat.

Thanks
Mike

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written by jo3 , November 19, 2008

Sensible?? uhhh NO!

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written by hmmm , December 22, 2008

does this manual work? anyone with success? should I use service pack 2 or 3?

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blank screen
written by dns , December 29, 2008

i created my lite cd and tried to fire it up using an external cd drive hooked up to my eee 1000, but when i try to boot from the external cd drive i just end up with a blank screen with a blinking cursor. any suggestions? i used windows xp cd sp 0 and added in sp3.

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