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     I would like to thank you in advance for your patience. I am new to this forum solution method. I will do my best to explain what is happening with my computer without too much unnecessary information.
     My laptop is 2 yrs old and it all these error messages started popping up repeatedly. Windows Defender wouldn't open, system info errors, I/E crashes and so on. After numerous attempts to fix it myself, I asked Microsoft support for the solution.     M/S Tech Support instructed me to perform a System Recovery, through the startup/F-11 method and so I did. I followed all of M/S instructions and to skip the step for making a set of Backup disks, as well as the Recovery Manager's steps to complete the recovery. After all was done I noticed that all my personal files, (pic's, music, etc...), were gone and that my Hard Drive is out of space. I did a Disk Cleanup and defrag on both the C: and D: drives hoping that it would solve my problem. NOT!!! I have been looking through all the "Trouble shooting" support topics on both MS and HP. I have been afraid of doing any of the MANY suggested steps for fear of causing more damage.  The computer, except for the D: drive delima and Windows Defender not opening, seems to function properly, so I look at that as the real blessing in all this.
     Please help me by telling me that there is a way to fix the Hard drive and get Windows Defender to respond. Most importantly, how to go about getting it done. I just don't know how or why this happened.
     Thank you so much for your help. Nice to know that there are web sites and forums like these to go to for help. I look I look forward to your response.

This excerpt taken from HP manual for your computer.
On some models, you can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive from either the Start
button or f11. This restores the computer to it's factory condition.
To restore the system from the partition, follow these steps:
1. Access Recovery Manager in either of the following ways:
● Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery Manager.
– or –
● Restart the computer and press f11 while the “Press <F11> for recovery” message is displayed
on the screen. Then select Recovery Manager.
Recovery Manager opens.
2. Click Advanced Options.
3. Click System recovery, and then click Next.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions
Does this sound like what you did?
Oh yeah, Your D:\ drive is your Recovery partition and you should never mess with it.
It contains all the information to restore your computer to factory condition.

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