Question details: Restore is not an option, I need to get important files , to copy them.

Answer
We advice you first to check the ASUS EEE's manual to see if there are some information about recovery of lost passwords.

If you can't find any relevant information we suggest to make a bootable USB stick, boot the laptop from the stick, recover the files you need and then reinstall the operating system again.

For a Windows XP based Asus EEE go to this page for more information about the bootable usb stick.

For a Linux based Asus EEE go here to download a version of Knoppix linux which can be used to boot from a USB flash.