Hi,
If the installation moved XP to windows.old, you may be able to restore it,
see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168
You may also find that your image and sound files are there as well if you
had previously stored them in your user profile's documents folder.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"indierocker123" <u36056@uwe> wrote in message news:75965c852a53f@uwe...
> Hi my name is Mari. Anyways, my sister had a Windows Vista Home Basic
> version
> cd. I installed it and put it on my laptop. I know..stupid move. But now
> all
> of my documents are gone and pictures and music files. But I am not as
> concerned about those anymore. I just want to know if I get the Windows XP
> Media Center disc, and install it as I did the Windows Vista CD, will it
> be
> back to normal? I know I won't get my pictures or any documents back. But
> I
> can't play any DVD's in my laptop anymore, when I try to watch a movie, it
> says no decoder is installed. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you for
> your
> time.
>