Help! Girl used wrong disk to fix my Dell b120!

My daughter meant well but accidentally used the wrong CD to fix my computer...  We have a few laptops, all the gifts of the grandparents over the years... with three different versions while he was innocent...  BUT my Dell Inspiron B120 did not come with a disk, had some kind of partition thing... and now I have no start button because it comes to install Vista and Microsoft's closing.  Is there a way that I can enter the "recovery" without start button?  I see the old windows, but when I search recovery it tells me that there is more.  Please if you do know me know.  Frankly, I was quite used to XP... I don't like change, so I really want this back and I have four kids, no money to fix it now, and I want my computer back!  Thank you...

My daughter meant well but accidentally used the wrong CD to fix my computer...  We have a few laptops, all the gifts of the grandparents over the years... with three different versions while he was innocent...  BUT my Dell Inspiron B120 did not come with a disk, had some kind of partition thing... and now I have no start button because it comes to install Vista and Microsoft's closing.  Is there a way that I can enter the "recovery" without start button?  I see the old windows, but when I search recovery it tells me that there is more.  Please if you do know me know.  Frankly, I was quite used to XP... I don't like change, so I really want this back and I have four kids, no money to fix it now, and I want my computer back!  Thank you...

It depends on two things. Firstly, your computer came with a pre-installed recovery partition? If so, you should see the option press F11 at startup. Second, even if the computer had the recovery partition has made your daughter remove it when she used the Vista disc. If you don't see the F11 option at startup, or if it appears but no action is taken when you press it then she either doesn't have the option, or your daughter removed it.

Please be advised that the execution of the Restore tool will delete all your personal data. Back up your data if possible before performing the restore.

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