Xp on Acer Aspire ONE .iso?

[Cubic2.4]

I have a Dell XP Home install CD with drivers here. Can I make a disk .iso and copy it to a usb and download it on a Linux Acer Aspire ONE are Asus EEE PC?

[Adidas]

You should be able to. I run Windows 7 on my Acer Aspire one! But it came with Windows XP.

[Cubic2.4]

Yeah, but the Acer already has Linux, and the disk says XP only.

[Adidas]

I downloaded Windows on mine with an external disk drive. When installing Ubuntu, I used a thumb drive. If you want both OS's, you'll need to partition the hard drive, which isn't fun.

[Cubic2.4]

I'll be installing it via XP actually. No, I don't want to partition.

Where did you get your copy of XP?

[Cubic2.4]

I decided to go with the Linux netbook and dual boot Xp. How do I partition ubuntu?

[Adidas]

Hmm.... whenever I did that, I used Wubi on XP to install it! Sorry, but I can't help. You'll need to do some research. Try www.ubuntuforums.com .

[Cubic2.4]

Thanks..I've done my research. I'm going to do this.

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_linux_is_already_installed.htm

It's dang easy, I just need the drivers now.

[stampede_dude]

Most times a restore disk comes with the computer. Some of the newer computers don't and just have a restore partition on the hard drive; you'll have to find out a different way to get a copy if that is so.

[Cubic2.4]

Yeah, I have an Xp disk, but I think I'm going to use an SP2 XP torrent.

[stampede_dude]

Better watch out...the easier (and legal) way to get an updated disk is to use Nlite to slipstream SP3 into an image of the disk you already have.

[Cubic2.4]

How do I go about that stampede_dude?

[stampede_dude]

Download NLite
http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

Here's a guide to using NLite to slipstream SP3

http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd

[Cubic2.4]

Thanks, but I'm not exactly sure what it does?

[stampede_dude]

It makes an image of the Windows XP disk and lets you modify the contents and then reburn the disk.

[Cubic2.4]

can I re-burn it to a flash drive? The netbook has no disk drive.