Richb2004v2 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I went out to buy an up to date copy of XP today with the intention of reinstalling it on my ASUS eeePC (901). I ended up buying a disk containing both XP and Windows 7. I've never used or even seen Windows 7 but I'm tempted to try installing it on my machine. However I just wonder if my little netbook is up to it. It has only 1gig Ram and an Atom processor and of course limited hard drive or 20gig. DO you think it will work and are there any advantages or disadvantages to running it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Runs nicely on my Acer Aspire-One in a gig with an Atom CPU, I do have 160G of HDD though. Give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Runs great on my HP mini. Faster than XP did on my Aspire One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceKadet Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I installed Windows 7 on my ASUS eeePC 900 with the same specs as yours except the Celeron 900GHz processor. I can highly recommend Windows 7 on netbooks, it runs faster and is more responsive than Windows XP that was installed previously. According to an MS Engineer I was talking to recently, Windows 7 will examine the hardware it is installing to and configure itself accordingly. It was on his recommendation that I installed on th eeePC. Everything works fine, including the camera and Wi-Fi. I did install Windows 7 Ultimate since I wanted Thai MUI. That was a bit of mistake, since my wife saw the Thai Desktop she lay her hands on the eeePC and will not give it back to me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I have it on my MSI Wind U100, also Atom CPU, which is a dated computer by today standards and it runs very well. I do have a large drive in it but Windows 7 will only use about 6 GB of disk space. BTW, when I installed Windows 7 it detected every device correctly and wasn't even necessary to use the driver disk that came with the Wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Thanks for the replies and info. I will try it tonight and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM7WGP Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 You need at least 20 gb on HDD to install win 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 You need at least 20 gb on HDD to install win 7 It seems I need 10gig for the install. Unfortunately my 16 gig drive is partitioned into small lumps. I have no idea how to reset it to one 16gig partition, so my Windows 7 trial is on hold. Any advice welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 You need at least 20 gb on HDD to install win 7 Win7 COPIES the files to the hard drive and does the install FROM the hard drive. then it does the configuration and everything else and then REMOVES the temp files that were in use for the install. At the end of it Win7 on a bare install will take up roughly 5GB or so. This is the reason for the 16GB recommended disk space for installation for 32-bit and 20GB for 64-bit. When you install Win 7 you have the option of deleting your partitions then when done, just install and it will partition it to 2 partitions automatically, a very small one of a few megabytes and the remaining disk as the 2nd partition. Once install is complete you will be using only from 5-6 GB of space and you can then use the built-in partitioning software of Windows 7 which works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 When I tried it last night it didn't seem to give ma an option to change partitions. It asked me to insert a disk to do that I think, or at least come out of the install to do it. I was using a none original disk though. I'm not sure if that effected the procedure. Anyway I have a working copy of XP at the minute and go away to work in a few days so I will try again when I am home next. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 When I tried it last night it didn't seem to give ma an option to change partitions. It asked me to insert a disk to do that I think, or at least come out of the install to do it. I was using a none original disk though. I'm not sure if that effected the procedure. Anyway I have a working copy of XP at the minute and go away to work in a few days so I will try again when I am home next. Here is a step by step guide to the installation and shows a snapshot of the windows 7 screen after each step. The image below shows the step that you can remove all partitions. Clean install of Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 When I tried it last night it didn't seem to give ma an option to change partitions. It asked me to insert a disk to do that I think, or at least come out of the install to do it. I was using a none original disk though. I'm not sure if that effected the procedure. Anyway I have a working copy of XP at the minute and go away to work in a few days so I will try again when I am home next. Here is a step by step guide to the installation and shows a snapshot of the windows 7 screen after each step. The image below shows the step that you can remove all partitions. Clean install of Windows 7 Thanks for that. When I ran it and got to that screen I did not have all those options. I only had refresh and Load Driver. I didn't have Delete or Format. If I had I would have tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ndela Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 You don't see the delete and format options straight away, you need to click one of the options in the "menu bar" first, can't remember the exact wording of the button now, but believe it's the button to the right and the text is something like 'custom' or the likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Thanks for that. When I ran it and got to that screen I did not have all those options. I only had refresh and Load Driver. I didn't have Delete or Format. If I had I would have tried it. Is it possible you have the Upgrade version of Windows 7 rather then the standard version? Also the windows that shows Refresh/Load driver should have on the right side another option "Drive Options". Also note the below: 7. Select the hard drive or partition that you want to install Windows 7 on and click on the Drive Options (advanced) link. (See screenshot below) NOTE: If the hard drive or partition that you have selected is unallocted, then you can just click on the Next button instead and go to step 9 since it is blank. WARNING: You may not have the Drive options (advanced) option unless the installation is done at boot, and not running the installation from within your current OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 The disk cover says 'Multi-bootable: Fast and Easy install', 'For PC without Windows or PCs with Windows XP or earlier version'. Although I'd like to try it again I'm afraid that if I cock it up now I will be stumped for going to work on Tuesday, where I don't have a good internet connection for downloading things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 Tried again to install Windows 7 on my own. I couldn't do it so opted to take it to the local IT centre and have someone do it for me. I figured that was the safest way to get it done properly. The guy in the shop told me that the 16gig drive was not enough. I tried to explain that it is but he just gave me a blank stare and could not be persuaded. I asked him if there was any way he could change the hard drive for a bigger one and he said 'can not'. He's probably right there. So I had to make do with XP again. I asked him to reformat the whole thing and put XP on the 16gig drive. When I came back 2 hours later he had just put XP over the previous existing XP and had not sorted the partitions. Never mind it was only 300 baht and my own fault for not being clear and speaking Thai. I am a bit annoyed at not have Windows 7 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 How much to buy window7. i bought a new computer and has a one month trial the shop i bought from want me to go back and they will update for me,i think they mentioned around 5000 baht. I Have thought about installing linux and forget about windowsbut windows7 goes so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 I bought a 'copy' of Windows 7 Ultimate for 300 baht 'ish. As far as I know you should not need to take you machine back to the shop to update the operating system, and especially not at 5000 baht. Are you joking or what? Linux is now very good. The problem comes when you wish to use some specialist software. If you only need to use Office applications, browse the net, listen to music and watch DVDs then Linux is more than adequate, and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 I bought a 'copy' of Windows 7 Ultimate for 300 baht 'ish. As far as I know you should not need to take you machine back to the shop to update the operating system, and especially not at 5000 baht. Are you joking or what?Linux is now very good. The problem comes when you wish to use some specialist software. If you only need to use Office applications, browse the net, listen to music and watch DVDs then Linux is more than adequate, and free. Mate did you buy a genuine copy sounds like a boot leg copy to me. I am going to udon tommorow i will see if i can get window7 for 300baht. thanks nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richb2004v2 Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 I bought a 'copy' of Windows 7 Ultimate for 300 baht 'ish. As far as I know you should not need to take you machine back to the shop to update the operating system, and especially not at 5000 baht. Are you joking or what?Linux is now very good. The problem comes when you wish to use some specialist software. If you only need to use Office applications, browse the net, listen to music and watch DVDs then Linux is more than adequate, and free. Mate did you buy a genuine copy sounds like a boot leg copy to me. I am going to udon tommorow i will see if i can get window7 for 300baht. thanks nev Yeah, it is a bootleg copy for sure. I can imagine paying 5000 baht for a real copy but I don't see why it should be more than a one off payment and you shouldn't have to take it to the shop for an upgrade. However I am far from a PC expert so could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crev Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Windows 7 occupies 7GB after installation vs 2.5G on XP. So if you only have 20GB then it doesn't leave much space for your other programs or files (some movies I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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