![]() So what you need to do is download the retail version of XP Home and then extract all the files onto your hard-drive. However, just to make things difficult, Microsoft do not offer the OEM version of XP Home through MSDN. My other question: Does anyone know a way that actually works to get back the recovery partition? posted by mr_silver to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)īest answer: As a follow up to my own question (for anyone who finds this through Google many years to come), the OEM version of Windows XP Home Edition does work and so wongcorgi's recommendation is marked as the best answer. I also found instructions at the bottom of this forum thread but found that when I booted the laptop from the USB stick it told me that the Asus recovery files were missing. Using Google, I found these instructions but they assumed you still have the DVD. ![]() However as I mentioned before, I don't have either the CD or the partition. I also thought about restoring the recovery partition. My questions: Can I install Windows XP Home Edition and then use the CD key on the netbook? If not, is there a version on MSDN that I could use? For obvious legal reasons, I don't want to use my MSDN keys. However the CD key on the bottom of the netbook is for "Windows XP Home Edition ULCPC" and I have Windows XP Home Edition. ![]() My first thought was to just re-install from scratch and then load the drivers from the Asus website. ![]() I don't want to buy Windows 7 for it as I'm probably going to sell the netbook in the future. It had Windows 7 beta and now shuts down every 2 hours. I'm trying to put Windows XP back on the netbook. ![]()
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