How Do You Boot Into Recovery??

I have searched but cannot find the answer, perhaps I am using the wrong term. My phone is already flashed and running Fresh ROM 1.1 I was trying to boot into recovery by holding HOME/Power buttons at same time so I could follow the step by step instructions to get apps2sd working. For some reason it is bringing up a screen that my only option is to clear user data. I said no a few times and finally said yes hoping it would let me go to the next screen. Now all my data is gone including the apps that I would use to flash to the backup. I guess I should just download a file manager again and retrace my steps that I did to root the phone to begin with but I figured there is an easier solution and I want to know why it is not booting into recovery when I hold HOME/Power buttons.