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?
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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. cheers Larry
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The Aspire One I had ran on Windows XP. So I gave up on watching any videos...not enough memory. Kept stopping to buffer and buffer etc. Since Windows 8 supposedly uses a much lower amount of memory and thus frees it up for other programs, maybe it would work ok. But can the hardware support Win 8? I don't know. Bottom line is if streaming video is critical to you, look at another model. This is my personal experience and I am not an IT professional.
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It works perfectly on my Acer C720 running Chrome, and even worked flawlessly after I set the Chromebook up to dual boot both Chrome and Ubuntu 14.04.1. FWIW, I've also used it with several other notebooks I have (Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows 7 Professional, both x64 bit), and it was literally plug it in, O/S saw the device and installed the necessary driver, and I was ready to go.
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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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Yes I have an Acer Aspire, it works well added the speed that i needed and it was really easy to install.
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Thanks Joe! I bought extra memory but the seal says if I remove it the warranty is void? Is taht true? How can that be?Do i need to get latest bio, etc? I just got it. MikeJoe how in heck do i get the video cam to work? We bought my wife an Acer Aspire one and it was mountains easier to get up and running. Thank you sir!! Mike
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Thank you Robert. If I could bother you for more questions. I am not very computer savy. I am looking to download my Norton 360 that I have a disk for already, onto my Acer Aspire One AO722-BZ454 11.6" Notebook. So I also need to make a backup. Will this devise do this also? Also not something I am looking to do right now but also wondering if I would be able to watch DVDs, listen to cds, download cds, listen to cds I have made myself, and burn DVDs? Thank you for your time. My main purpose is to download my Norton and to make backup disk with it.
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so Because of its size, the Aspire One does not come with an integrated optical drive, but optional CD/DVD read/write drives can be connected to the laptop via one of the three USB ports, enabling you to create your music mixes, burn movies to DVD, and more. In the product description of the Asus EeePC, it says that it handles your digital images and movies. Does that mean the same way as the Acer Aspire One with an external drive?
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Yes. Just download the latest Windows 7 driver on ASUS website with a web connected computer. The ones comes with the CD would work also.
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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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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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yes I had similar problem. Asus tech support is a good suggestion. I put my original install disc in drive and installed or reinstalled programs not working well, worked like charm!
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My suspicion is that it would not fix your issue because Win 7 starter should be able to work with an external USB DVD drive without any problems. I upgraded my wife's netbook to Win7 Home before I ever tried to use an external DVD drive on her machine, so I'm not sure if I ever would have had issues with the starter edition. Since then, however, I've used a DVD drive to install lots of other software to that machine. I would suggest working through this troubleshooting checklist before spending any money on the Win7 upgrade: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/acer-netbook-with-windows-7-starter-does-not/bf1fbbd5-bec7-4055-b3d7-2d5853d06903?page=3
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Some time you can use another computer (with internal dvd drive) for copping the files to disk on key than use. it for installation in the xps. But for doing this you must first chang your's diskonkey to bootable mode. Use some youtube movie to see how to do it.
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How do you open it to add memory? I have had this for about 3 days, and it seems to work well, but my wife complains it is too slow on her farmville mega-ranch :) There is no documentation or anything at the acer site. The owners manual just says to "take out screws", but I only see one visible screw in the bottom. I removed it, but nothing came apart. It seems to be a nice PC, removed all the free-software and it runs everything well so far. It is also so small and quiet.Any help would be appreciated.
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You can download ISO images from Microsoft but cost will not be free. You might be able to download this from ACER depending on when you bought the Aspire. Mine came with Windows 7 and this Office 2010 but the latter would only install as a full version after purchasing serial; otherwise only a limited free version would install. If Aspire was purchased shortly before 8 came out you might be able to get a free upgrade to 8 from Acer. My Aspire now runs Linux Mint and LibreOffice which I like better than Windows and Office. :)
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That's the one with no cd drive right? Yeah it works. I loved mine for the two days it worked. Lol I left my computer on over night (idk if that's what broke it and it shouldn't of been a reason either) but when I awoke the following morning my aspire didn't recognize it anymore. 20 bucks down the drain.