Widget icon on dashboard

My widget icon disappeared from my dashboard. Please, how can I get it back?

Welcome to Apple Discussions,
If a widget is not showing up in dashboard click on the plus sign in the bottom left of the dashboard. This shows you the widget browser. You can locate the desired widget and click on it to add it again. If you don't see the widget you want you can search for it and download it http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/(assuming it is not one of the ones that is built into the computer).
Hope that helps.

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http://www.mesadynamics.com/
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"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Mac Basics: The Dock
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2474
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Yes, you can. All you need to do is do a Spotlight search for Terminal and open the application Terminal. After launching Terminal, type the following:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
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