Recover Disk Creation causes C drive usage to increase substantially

I have a pavilion dv7-6c90us and prior to making the backup discs the C drive was showing about 33gb of usage.  After making the discs the usage on C drive jumped about 18gb, up to 51gb. 
Apparently when making these discs it uses C drive to uncompress the files but when complete it didn't delete them.  I have searched C drive but can't seem to find where it put these files.  While I do have the room on C drive it just makes C drive backups that much larger and takes longer to backup and restore.
Does anyone know where these files may be so I can delete them?
I also should mention I am using Windows 7.

HP programs typically store their usage files in the temporary folder, but that would have been reflected in Disk Cleanup as the size would have indicated.
I suspect this may be more coincidental than cause and effect.  The two systems I have made recovery disks from did not causue C drive storage space to increase.  While it is possible for some systems to behave different, I do find it unlikely that the process was changed for different systems using the same software to accomplish the task.
Has any of your Libraries increased in size (pictures, documents, downloads, etc.)?
You can check for any HP folder in %temp% by going to Start and entering %temp% in the search field and pressing enter.  This will load the temporary files folder that HP programs store files for automated processes.  
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    Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
    If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
    This applies to your startup volume. No need to repair permissions on any but a startup volume.

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