gloslad06

Can someone help. I have had to restore my computer today, as It would not boot properly. I have therefore lost everything. I have downloaded and run some restore file software, which can find photo etc, however I ideally want all my programs etc back aswell if poss. My computer only had a system restore date of today and no previous days, so I could not select these. I want to try and get as much back as possible, especially all my emails. Can anyone suggest anything? Please can you keep the instructions as simple as poss, as I do have a fairly good understanding of computers, but I am not a advanced user. I am using Windows XP home edition. Thanks..............