[ASUS EEE PC 900]How to move back to Linux??

Hi.! I really need help! Desperately.!

I bought Asus EEE PC 900 Linux version on 15th of this month. It was working perfectly until I was tempted to read about the Windows XP version of the same variant and so I decided to load Windows XP on it. I used the USB Stick method as explained in the following link

http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/07/28...n-your-eee-pc/

While partitioning, I deleted the 4GB and the 16GB drive and installed Windows XP on the 4GB drive. Everything installed pretty well except that windows ONLY boots if the USB stick is attached! otherwise not! I tried installing again with some other method mentioned in some other forum but that too in vain.!

Now i've decided i want to go back to the same retail version of linux that was preloaded in it.

Can anyone please please tell me how to move back to the Linux version.??

I had purchased this as a gift for my cousin who is to come in a couple of weeks and now I've ruined his gift.!!

Please help me.! Waiting for replies...thanks in advance

 

I am unfamiliar with EEE... but don't you have some sort of recovery disk that you can use to bring the computer back to its factory-default state? Or otherwise, a recovery partition that could be used for the same purpose. That's the case for all ASUS notebooks, but I have no idea how it works with netbooks.

While I'm sure some people here will be able to help you, perhaps your inquiry would have been better placed on a EEE-specific website such as eeeuser.com

 

Hi.! thanks for replying.!

It did come with a recovery disk..I plan to use it with the external USB DVD drive.

Would the netbook be as good as new after the recovery process??