Always but ALWAYS use the same manufacturer's and the same version of the restore
disk as was in your computer already.
Afaik everything that you had is gone and there is no way to bring it back.Lesson
learned the hard way but learned
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Peter
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> My Vista system crashed and I was unable to use restore so I borrowed a
> restore disk from a person that had Dell. When Purchased, my system was
> HP.
> The restore worked but now I don't have any progroms. The only thing
> that came up was the recycle icon and clock. How can I retrieve my
> original programs or any programs? Any help would really be
> appreciated.
> Thanks
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