I know whats going on. When the laptop is shutdown during a recovery, its as if you have a blank hard drive. It was trying to copy the files over to windows to install. I am very sure that you didn't get to the install part. Thus, you have an almost blank hard drive.
You need to install from recovery discs. Maybe HP will send them to you, and possibly charge a fee for it.
You need to install from recovery discs. Maybe HP will send them to you, and possibly charge a fee for it.