- The bluetooth connection problem, which the driver has to be reinstalled every single time I turn on the machine, is getting unbearably painful.
- The device is getting damn slow. It's not particularly fast in the first place, but now it's just slow.
- The machine has only 3Gb of free space left, which doesn't make sense as I only have the OS and Microsoft Office 2013 on it and that's pretty much it.
Still, a few reasons kept me from reinstalling OS until now:
- Laziness: it does take time.
- Windows Media Center was coming with my last installation of Windows 8 and then migrated to Windows 8.1. Reinstalling a new OS on EeeSlate means I will lost Windows Media Center.
So here's the steps I did:
- Connect a USB external DVDR drive with a USB hub which also connect to USB mouse, and a USB keyboard. And then I connect an USB external harddisk to the second USB port. I booted up the system with TrueImage 2010 boot disc, and with that I backed up the whole harddisk (which is like 58Gb). That way, if something does wrong, I can roll back my current Windows 8.1 .
- Once backup completed, I boot up the machine with Windows 10 Preview by holding the F2 key of the keyboard. And with that I followed instructions and completed the Windows 10 Preview installation.
- All the necessary drives are already there, so I do the following to make EeeSlate usable at my workplace:
- Install Google Drive.
- Install Microsoft Office 2013 with SP1
- Set up SketchBook Pro 6.2.5 in portable app fashion.
- Re-calibrate the screen/digitizer. (it was not perfectly done, but good enough for daily use, and plus I was ... tired .... )
The whole process took me about 4 to 5 hours.
When I freshly done with OS setup, I got 44.6Gb free out of 59.2Gb. After I installed Office 2013 and other app settings, I still have 39.1Gb. And then I have Windows update on everything, and now I have 37.8Gb left. This is way better than the 3Gb free space situation I had before the OS reinstall.
how is the ep121 with windows 10. im thinking of buying an ep121. wondering how its holding up over the years. is the dual cor i5 still fast enough to do general tasks and light gaming?
ReplyDeleteIt's running OK. I can use it to do sketching on Sketchbook Pro 6 with the stylus without any problem. Of course Win10 is still in preview mode, but everything looks promising.
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