Where did my dock go?

Today I was trying to change my background and the computer went black and grey and told me to shut down. When I restarted, the background was blue and I couldn't change it, and my dock had completely disappeared (I've already checked to see that it's not in "hide" mode, so that it will appear when I run my mouse over it). The dock will sometimes come up after I put the computer to sleep, but any time I restart the dock disappears.
I ran the virus program and nothing came up.
I went to the tech support place on campus and they suggested reinstalling my operating system, but they also told me that they didn't know too much about Macs.
I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions.

I have my dock set to autohide...i like it like that...
also I believe that the dock is an application that can be quit...so i'd open activity monitor and make sure that there are processes for the dock...if not the you should use spotlight to find the dock application itself...

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To recreate the those items in your Dock, open a Finder window (Finder > File menu > New Finder window.) For your Documents folder, click on the icon on the left of the Finder window that has your username on it next to a house icon. Look for your Documents folder. Drag this folder into the Dock. That places an alias of it in the Dock (the original item remains where it was.)
To get so you can see the Applications folder, click it on the left side of the Finder window, then go to the Go menu and select Enclosing Folder. Now drag the Applications folder from here into the Dock.
That should do it. Best of luck.

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1. It's gone. Shortcuts like it disappear without confirmation when dragged out.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Look in the Applications folder for those applications. If they are there just drag them back to the dock.
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It should be in Applications.
Have you done an Archieve and Install ?
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open finder, it is the Picasso looking icon in your dock on the far left side.
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Most apple stores have work shop classes to get you fully adjusted to your new computer and OS.
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First of all, HP... i'm not impressed.
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