Asus Eee Pc Windows Xp Recovery Disc Download
Installing Windows XP on the Asus EEE pc using a single USB flash drive. Please note this tutorial works on all computers not just the Asus EEE PC.
To complete this tutorial you need a 32bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista installed on your home PC. What you'll need: () () () Special Note: If you use the program Nlite be sure to keep the manual installation files as the USB_prep8 script relies on these files. Extract the files in Bootsect.zip The next step is to extract USB_prep8 and PeToUSB. Next copy the PeToUSB executable into the USB_prep8 folder.
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Inside of the USB_prep8 folder double click the executable named usb_prep8.cmd. The window that opens will look like this: Press any key to continue You next window will look like this: These settings are preconfigured for you all you need to do now is click start.
Once the format is complete DO NOT close the window just leave everything as it is and open a command prompt from your start menu (type cmd in the search bar or run box depending on your version of windows.). Inside of the command windows go to the directory you have bootsect.exe saved. (use the cd directoryname command to switch folders) Now type 'bootsect.exe /nt52 R:' NOTE R: is the drive letter for my USB stick if yours is different you need to change it accordingly. What this part does is write the correct boot sector to your USB stick, this allows your PC to boot from the USB stick without it nothing works.
Please note: When running the bootsect.exe command you cannot have any windows open displaying the content of your USB stick, if you have a window open bootsect.exe will be unable to lock the drive and write the bootsector correctly. If all went well you should see 'Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes.' Now you can close this command prompt (don't close the usbprep8 one by mistake) and the petousb window. You window you see now should look like this: If it doesn't try pressing enter.
Now you need to enter the correct information for numbers 1-3. Press 1 and then enter. A folder browse window will open for you to browse to the location of you XP setup files (aka your cdrom drive with xp cd in) Press 2 and enter a letter not currently assigned to a drive on your PC Press 3 and enter the drive letter of your USB stick Press 4 to start the process. The script will ask you if its ok to format drive T. This is just a temp drive the program creates to cache the windows installation files. Press Y then enter.
Once it's done formating press enter to continue again, you can now see the program copying files to the temp drive it created. Once this is done press enter to continue again. Next you will see a box pop up asking you to copy the files to USB drive yes/no you want to click yes. Once the script has completed copy files a popup window asking if you would like to USB drive to be preferred boot drive U: select YES on this window. Now select yes to unmount the virtual drive.
Ok we are done the hard part, close the usbprep8 window. Joe Jackson Steppin Out The Very Best Of Rare. Now make sure your EEE pc is configured with USB as the primary boot device. Insert your USB drive and boot up the EEE. On the startup menu you have two options, select option number 2 for text mode setup.
From this point on it is just like any other windows XP installation delete/recreate the primary partition on your EEE pc and format it using NTFS. Make sure you delete ALL partitions and recreate a single partition or you will get the hal.dll error message. Once the text mode portion of setup is complete it will boot into the GUI mode (you can press enter after the reboot if your too excited to wait the 30 seconds) Once the GUI portion of setup is complete you will again have to boot into GUI mode this will complete the XP installation and you will end up at you XP desktop. It is very important that you DO NOT REMOVE THE USB STICK before this point. Once you can see your start menu it is safe to remove the usb stick and reboot your pc to make sure everything worked. This method has advantages over all current no cdrom methods of installing XP to the EEE. You do not have to copy setup files in DOS to the SSD and install from there.
It gives you access to the recovery console by booting into text mode setup, and it gives you the ability to run repair installations of XP if you have problems later on. I hope this worked out for you and please post feedback to the comments section. Please note due to the amount of comments this article has received you must now click on 'Post a Comment' below the existing comments to view the most recent feedback in a popup window. 1365 comments: Anonymous said. Means Thanks!:) Anonymous said. Really works for me. Anonymous said.
Sounds great!!!, but need more pics plz:) Titi said. Foarte misto, util si bun tutorialul. M-am chinuit 3 zile sa invat cum sa pun XP pe EeePC si singur nu am reusit sa ii dau de cap. Multumesc mult pentru acest tutorial; Merge brici si eee simplu. Hi there, tried it but when attempting to boot into GUI, keeps getting 'missing or corrupt hal.dll' error message.
Tried many times still getting into that same loop. Followed steps here also futile In the end I had to pull the usb stick out and got new error message 'ntldr missing' and could not boot so had to do a reset. Even tried to use cdrom plugged into EEE usb port to install but the ntldr refuses to go away and it basically hung. Any ideas please? I have the same problem as gbpdem. The file hal.dll is missing and even after formatting the drive and to begin copying installation files, it prompts to restart. Yes you need to make sure the USB device is set as the first boot device in your bios under the hard drive section.
That should fix the problem you two are having. Thanks Nick for the quick reply,, It is set to boot first,, but still encountering this issue many times!! Fahad: recreate your USB stick and make sure bootsect.exe writes the correct boot sector to the USB drive with no errors. A failed bootsector write is the only instance I've experienced the problem you're describing. Nick, I dont have any issue booting from the my USB flash,, The only problem i face every time is: After my laptop boots from the USB and displays the options, i choose 2nd (TXT) and then it displays the blue installation screen, i choose the fresh windows installation option, check the right partition, and then it prompts for formatting, after format is complete, it should copy the installation files right now,, THIS IS THE ISSUE, it doesnt know where are the files and dislplays can't find installation files retry or restart,, So i dont know what to do, any idea?! I dont have usb cdrom, and i need to get my laptop up & running,, Thanks Nick said.
Yes Fahad I do understand the problem you are having. What I told you to do last time is still the solution. The boot sector currently written to your USB device does allow you to boot to text mode setup which is basically DOS but you do not have the correct boot sector written to boot into NT which is the second portion of setup, windows setup does not write this boot sector because it is already supposed to exist. Recreate your usb stick like I said in my previous post.
You know Nick, i did what you said exactly all over again and the process is correct coz it displays 'Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes' Again, it boots but ends up with the same issue again displaying the following 'Setup cannot access the CD containing the windows XP installation files. To retry, press ENTER, if you are not successful after serveral tries, quit setup.ect' Now, it might not have the boot sector for NT!! I was check screen after format is done, after that at the bottom of the screen it displays 'Checking C: drive' and i think the USB that has the files been granted the letter U: is there any way to check this out?! I am really confused:(( said. Fahad, when you last ran bootsect did it display this message above the one you sent me? 'Updated FAT filesystem bootcode.
The update may be unreliable since the volume could not be locked during the update: Access is denied.' Because if that message displayed it means it was not written correctly. This is the only time I've had the problem you're discribing.
Sorry I can't be of more help but there is no reason why you should be having this problem. No, it didnt display what you mentioned,, it was successful, 'Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes' I guess to solve this issue, after format is accomplished, we need to point system to copy the files from the flash which is set to U:,, instead of looking for C: which has no installation files on it. If you can help, otherwise, i really appreciate your prev. Answers Thanks said.
Fahad: try this method you may have more success be sure to read through all the posts it is much simpler to do than the first entry indicates. 'Fahad: I guess to solve this issue, after format is accomplished, we need to point system to copy the files from the flash which is set to U:,, instead of looking for C: which has no installation files on it.' Fahad you may be right there Nick, I copied my hal.dll and NTLDR files from a working XP into the windows system32 on the eee, as well as trying bootcfg /rebuild, fixboot etc Nothing works. By the way, is there any difference between setting the installation to start or finished in the bios? I tried both with the same result.
Anonymous said. Excellent advice. It worked for me first time. The initial 'cmd' selection of drives didn't seem to want to work for 10 minutes, but then suddenly did as was expected after I'd selected options 1-3 quite a few times.
I've got 1.91Gb of space left too! Thank a lot as I need this to use at work and openoffice impress doesn't show the slides in the same way as PP. Anonymous said. Do you need a multiple-license copy of XP do do this, or does it work with a regular home edition and 1 product/activation key?
You do not need a Volume License Key to use this tutorial. Anonymous said. After 3 day's of testing I finally managed to make it work. I used the Windows XP SP 1 and (King Max 1 GB Memory Stick ) then I've made an update to windows and got SP2 and all the updates, it works much faster with SP 1 but less security:( I've tried to use XP with SP2 but I received many of the problems mentioned above so I've got an XP SP1 and all went well.
PyturcaVL Anonymous said. Your guide worked great! I installed it on my new 8G and I have room to spare!
The only problem is that I can't get my sound to work. I've tried all the drivers on the ASUS DVD, but Windows XP still can't find it.:( Anonymous said.
Done exactly as said, get this message after booting from USB '.biosinfo.inf could not be loaded. The error code is 14 Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit' DuKe_GR said. I think that, all you have problems booting after install having a message about the hal.dll file, you have earlier bios than 0401. Please upgrade bios and retry. I had problems with 8804 bios as the setup was writing the mbr of win at the sd card and i couldn't boot after removing the card having the hal.dll message.
I keep getting to this section 'If all went well you should see 'Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes.' But the window doesn't change even after pressing enter. The numbered options are not there. ZBozicevic said. I had the same problem as Fahad and I solved it - there were 4 partitions on th eeePC hard drive. I've deleted all of them and created only one.
Setup worked fine after that. Thanks for a great tutorial! ZBozicevic said. Ben, I think that that you have this problem because you haven't closed PeToUSB - you need to clese it, but leave the command window open. After typing 4 then enter. It begins the gives me an error 'Falied to open file 'tempimage.img' Please input path:' and then im stuck dont know what to do next Ben said. Mine says 'File creation error - Error performing inpage operation.'
For loads of the files. I let it finish and do the other steps but it doesn't work. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator. Anonymous said.
Done exactly as said, get this message after booting from USB '.biosinfo.inf could not be loaded. Doing Economics Greenlaw Pdf Merge. The error code is 14 Setup cannot continue.