Elitegroup 259IA3 User Manual v.8

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USING POWER CINEMA

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Software Installation:

Power Cinema resides in a separate HDD partition to Windows.

When you press the Instant-On multimedia player launch key while

the notebook is off, the computer boots to the Linux environment
and launches the Power Cinema application.
If you are required to re-install Windows O/S or when you have
purchased a new or upgraded HDD, you need to observe the
following steps before installing Power Cinema.

1. Partitioning. Assuming you are starting with a fresh hard drive
or the hard drive is removed of its previous partitions. You need
to reserve 550MB of disc space for Power Cinema. You could
either use a partition tool or as you install Windows XP, when
Windows prompts you about creating a partition for Windows
during the initial installation process (Press C to create a new
partition for Windows), you should set aside 550MB of disc
space. For example, if your hard drive has 30GB disk space,
then you should create a partition of 29.4GB for Windows and
leave 550MB aside for Power Cinema.

2. Pre-installation.

2.1 Assuming you have already installed Windows XP, go

2.2 In Computer Management, click Disk Management.

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to [Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools] and
double-click Computer Management.

You will see “Unallocated Partition” of about 550MB.
Right-click the Unallocated Partition and select “New
Partition”.

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2.3 The Wizard will appear. In the Wizard, choose Primary
Partition to create a primary partition and click Next.

2.4 It will show 550MB and click Next.

2.5 Choose “Do not assign a drive letter or drive path” and
click Next.

2.6 Choose “Do Not format this partition” and click Finish.
Now, this partition is ready for Power Cinema to be
installed.

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