Compaq Presario CQ5110F Desktop PC: how to restore preinstalled apps from 'factory image' partition

[Z1Z]

I did a clean installation of Windows 7 Ultimate. Everything is working just great, but of course I lost my preinstalled application, such as Microsoft Works and whatever other apps came preinstalled. My 'factory image' partition is intact, and I believe it has everything I need, but I cannot figure out how to get my apps back. Instruction say to use Recovery Manager, but that program was obliterated by the clean Win 7 install.

Bottom line: how can I recover/reinstall my preinstalled applications?

[PC_Tester]

I don't think it can be done.

The only way to get those applications is to recover back to Vista and do an actual upgrade.

[Z1Z]

My research seemed to indicate that you could use Recoivery Manager to retrieve preinstalled apps. I was thinking that if I could download and reinstall Recovery Manager, I could get my apps back.

I'm pretty sure everything is in the factory image partition - there must be some of way of retrieving the apps, at least I hope there is.

[PC_Tester]

You can use the Recovery Manager Application Recovery if the original shipping Vista image was loaded. Since you did a clean install, there is no way to access it at this point.