Missing recovery files

Hello I had Comodo Dragon firewall on my computer. Along with it is the tech outfit Geek's. I was on line the other day whena message poped up from geek about two major problems on my computer. They told me what it would cost and I said no. I went in to my system to find a diagnostics for this thing. But nothing would work recovery or any thing else. I ended up getting a message my system couldn't be found and that I should disconnect a driver. I screwed with this thing all afternoon finally ended up using a back up disk I made to get back in. I updated microsoft updates and got some of HP's drivers installed. But there is no recovery files on this thing and I can't find a way to make a new back up disk. Some of the HP drivers I was told my system didn't meet the requirements for them. So can any one help me give me some idea how if possible can I get the recovery files back and make a back up disk. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you very much. lee
I have a HP Pillvaion #p-7-1236s windows 8.1 I opened the computer box and looked at the information for the drive's.
It say's os c has 880 GB free of 914 GB and d has 16.8 GB FREE OF 16.8 GB which means there's nothing there. So is there some way to reinstall it and what do I doto get it done. If I bought the disk's from HP would I be able to put the recovery side in. Thank you for your help. lee
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Hello @redrabbitt,
I have read your post on how you are not able to recover your computer's operating system, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
Since the recovery discs you created are not able to restore the operating system, I recommend following the steps in this document on Obtaining HP Recovery Discs or an HP USB Recovery Drive. This should help you acquire the necessary media to successfully recover the operating system.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
Regards
MechPilot
I work on behalf of HP
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