my laptop is messed up after system restore?

get ANY windows disk

insert and run to the screen with the drives/partitions listed

delete all but the RECOVERY partition - usually the last one and about 10-20 GB

create one partition with the now unassigned section - it will create 2

format them.

remove disk and boot to ur RECOVERY partition and do the recovery again.

plug it in this time.

if u r selling it let the new owner do the personalization.

OR just create an Admin user so u can verify it.

"while it was turning back on and installing things my battery lock was loose and it fell out and the laptop turned off" you now have to use the operating system recovery disc set if the built in recovery is not accessible and install the operating system to drive C the main hard drive partition.

What is the installed operating system, do you have or did you create the operating system recovery disc set ? Restart and do a complete system restore/recovery to fix the files that became corrupt when the laptop was shut down.

Performing an HP System Recovery http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&...

perform another system restore....

try identifying the source of the increase...first see if you have windows installed elsewhere or the same windows folder again on your drive

clean erase before restore....backup data before this