Booting Acer Aspire One from an external CD-ROM w/ XP-Pro on it Does anyone know how to set up the Aspire One so that it can boot from a USB-connected CD-ROM drive containing Windows XP Pro on it? This is the only way that I know of loading it with another OS. Also, if you have a large application on DVD or CD, how do you install the program without a DVD or CD drive? Booting Acer Aspire One from an external CD-ROM w/ XP-Pro on it Does anyone know how to set up the Aspire One so that it can boot from a USB-connected CD-ROM drive containing Windows XP Pro on it?... » Read More Booting Acer Aspire One from an external CD-ROM w/ XP-Pro on it Does anyone know how to set up the Aspire One so that it can boot from a USB-connected CD-ROM drive containing Windows XP Pro on it? This is the only way that I know of loading it with another OS. Also, if you have a large application on DVD or CD, how do you install the program without a DVD or CD drive? « Show Less
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plug in the external cd/dvd player and reboot. hit F12 during the reboot and you should go to a menu that allows you to choose the external drive as your boot device, then hit enter to confirm when asked.cheersLarry
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Thanks, did you mean the F1 function key? I think I got to the ROM bios using F1, but I'll try F12 as well. Also, I was able to install an application I had on a CD by first copying everything from the CD to a USB thumb drive, and then simply clicking on the setup icon on the thumb drive. Cool! Thanks again!
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The easiest way to set this device up is to install the Microsoft drivers and then manually select the driver in your device manager. With that being said there is an option to download XP drivers from the Microsoft site. I installed it on my laptop that runs XP and it worked fine for me.
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As the netbook concept does not include an optical drive for space issues, you need an external drive to; install CD/DVD based software, burn CD/DVDs off your netbook. The new wave of ASUS EEE PC will most likely come with a DVD-RW, but the unit will be heavier. You have a couple of options when installing software from CD/DVDs; 1. Go out and buy a USB based external optical drive. I would recommend Samsung SE-S084B. It costs around $70. Does not require a power adapter. It comes with a dual USB cable to power up from the netbook. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SE-S084B-RSBN-External-DVD-Writer/dp/B001MLZKAQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1238534118&sr=8-2 2. If you're in a network environment, you can load the installation CD/DVD on another computer, share the CD drive on that PC and connect to that CD drive via network neighborhood from your netbook. The easiest would be to use the IP address of that PC. For example; the IP of the host computer is 192.168.1.10. In Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer's address bar type in the following "\\192.168.1.10". You will be able to see the shared folders and CD drive for the host.
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I don't have the same dvd drive that you have, but I do have two different drives removed from broken laptops ( 1 - HP, the other not sure who was the manufacturer. By plugging into USB port on my Acer laptop, I can boot to a bootable CD/DVD.
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It self-installed in less than a minute in both my HP G56 laptop running Windows 7 (64-bit) and my Acer Aspire One running Windows 7 Starter (32-bit). Of note, when plugging it into my G56 AFTER already being logged in, the drive runs noisily, and continues to run, searching for a floppy until finally inserting a disk.
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Here is what someone on newegg.com said about the drivers: "Other Thoughts: If your accustom to reinstalling windows, booting from a flash thumb drive is a bit more tricky then a CD. There's plenty of advice and step-by-steps out there. Acer made a hidden driver folder under the C:\ if you unhide all your folder view options and want to reinstall windows I recommend you backup that "Acer" driver directory, it contains the Sata hdd drivers which are really hard to find on the web since this is a new machine."
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You need to put cd in you computer then turn it off push the power button then tap the f1 KEY BEFOR THE WINDOWS START is should ask u how you want to boot you computer select the from cd option the computer need to boot from the cd for you to use it
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If you have a large enough USB jump drive you can make a install from it. Just make the USB drive bootable, i used Diskpart in windows 7. (only diskpart in vista and 7 supports USB devices) Once the USB drive is setup to be bootable just copy all the files from the windows install CD to the root of the USB drive. Reboot computer into bios and edit the boot order for USB device first. if everything worked it should prompt a install just like the windows install CD. Im not going to list the commands for diskpart just google for it. i hope this helps
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Read my review. The way to do it without buying an external DVD drive is to set up a network. Here's step by step process: If you already have your computers set up for "home or small office network," 1) add your netbook to that network by going to My Network Places, and opening up the "Set up a home or small office network" on the left side. Make sure that the network name is the same. Follow instructions fully. You may have to reboot afterwards. 2) on the computer with the DVD drive, go to the My Computer and locate the DVD drive. right click on it and open "Sharing and Security..." Check "Share this folder on the network." 3) on the netbook, open the network and locate the DVD drive. 4) on the computer with the DVD drive, insert a program and stop install. 5) on the netbook, open the DVD drive, locate the "setup" file and run. That's it. If you don't have a set up network, you will have to set up the network for each computer with the same network name. Follow the above instructions for the rest. That's it.
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Need to install on a back up hard drive, or a partitioned drive off the C: drive. The key is to install from that drive. It does not like being installed just to the C: Drive I have a Toshiba backup drive. I copied all the programs from the D: drive the DVD or CD to the backup drive. Then I installed from that drive. As long as I have that backup dive attached to the USB port, I do not need the DVD/CD to run the game
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I no longer have Acer Aspire so can not answer your question sorry perhaps is you call the Acer Company they can help good luck
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Yes! I have my old Acer Aspire 4736z's hard drive in the second bay and by switching the BIOS boot from UEFI to Legacy it instantly boots no issues. You'll have to download the drivers from Acers site however to get it to work with the new system. However it doesn't come with a second hard drive bay holder, but they offer them to buy for about 20 bucks I think. I haven't bothered to since my drive fits snugly in the ports anyway, but its a good idea to get one, esp if you move your laptop a lot.
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I had the 8.9" Aspire One. Before I was going to return it, I wanted to use the Restore program to restore Windows and get rid of the Ubuntu partition I put on it. I ran the program and it said it was going to reboot. At reboot, it just seemed to go back into GRUB. I chose the Windows partition, of course, but nothing happened. So, it seemed that the Acer Recover program depended on nothing else touching the MBR. I think I could have gotten around it if the Recovery program would let me boot to a CD or USB drive, but I don't remember seeing that option anywhere. Any ideas in case I want to buy another Aspire One? Thanks in advance. I had the 8.9" Aspire One. Before I was going to return it, I wanted to use the Restore program to restore Windows and get rid of the Ubuntu partition I put on it. I ran the program and it said it was going to reboot. At reboot, it just seemed to go back into GRUB. I chose the Windows partition, of course, but nothing happened. So, it seemed that the Acer Recover program depended on nothing else touching the MBR. I think I could have gotten around it if the Recovery program would let me boot to a CD or USB drive, but I don't remember seeing that option anywhere. Any ideas... » Read More I had the 8.9" Aspire One. Before I was going to return it, I wanted to use the Restore program to restore Windows and get rid of the Ubuntu partition I put on it. I ran the program and it said it was going to reboot. At reboot, it just seemed to go back into GRUB. I chose the Windows partition, of course, but nothing happened. So, it seemed that the Acer Recover program depended on nothing else touching the MBR. I think I could have gotten around it if the Recovery program would let me boot to a CD or USB drive, but I don't remember seeing that option anywhere. Any ideas in case I want to buy another Aspire One? Thanks in advance. « Show Less
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I am using the Aspire One for my Acer notebook. So far so good! It's well worth it with the price so reasonable.
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I did install myself. I am not a computer wiz, but just know some basics. I think it is fairly easy. After installing, I copied my startup to this drive and told my computer to use this hard drive to start up. It worked and has worked ever since.
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Copy the software from the CD to a flash drive and the plug the flash drive into the ASUS and youre good to go. Works for me. I also purchase a little slim CD/DVD burner on ebay for about 46 bux. it plugs into two of the usb points, one for data and one for power. It's about 1/2" thick and just a little bigger the a CD.
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I really don't know. All I know is what I bought it for didn't work so I must have removed the programs from my lap top since I can't find them. Amazon should forward these type of questions to the manufacturer or seller, what the he double hockey sticks are they thinking? It did load up on my Acer Aspire 1 Notebook which has an intel Celron CPU 877 @ 1.4 G Hz, 4. GB of Memory, 64 bit operating system, with an Intel HM70 Express Chipset LPC Controller - 1E5E if that helps. I don't know what all of it means, just parroting my device manager.