How to restore my computer?

Hi.
I have a problem with my computer. I wanted to restore my computer for some reasons. The problem is that some days ago I opened it and nearly all of the programs and apps were deleted and obviously I don't know why. Even when I open the men Start there are no programs in all the folders in there.
Need help!

Hello Marti
Your only option and of course easiest way to solve this strange issue, is recovery image installation.
After doing this notebook will be the same as on the first day after purchase.
Check the document posted by Timox. There you can find step-by-step instructions about HDD recovery installation.
If everything will be ok and your machine starts properly please, as first thing, create recovery media and make recovery image back-up. You can do this using preinstalled Toshiba recovery media creator tool.
If something goes wrong with recovery image saved on HDD or the HDD will be defective you will have bootable recovery media that you can use for recovery image installation. This is very, very important for you.
I hope you will be able to reinstall OS on your machine. Some feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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