Lost settings and WEP vs WPA2

My WRT310n lost all its settings. A Linksys tech walked me through setting it up again... took 50 minutes via phone. I was thrilled to daeth and happy with the results. However, being a total novice to wireless routers, that begs 2 questions....
1. Could I have inserted the DVD that came with the router and configured it again like I did when I first bought it... thus avoiding a 50 mintue call?
2. The tech had me set it up with WEP security. I had read that WPA2 was the strongest security and used it when I first bought the router. The tech said they were equal and that WEP is better with a system running windows XP. I'm nervous about having WEP. Should I be?
Lastly, a comment.... I searched the Linksys sight for 20+ minutes trying to find how to reconfiguremy router... all to no avail... thus necessitating the call to tech... quite disappointing.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide to my rookie questions!!!
Jim

The tech told you that WEP is equal to WPA2???
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