Glad you fixed it.
Normally the PC facturer put on the hard disk RECOVery Partition , wich usually is accesed from the boot menu , when the PC starts.
But , if you do recovery to factory defaults you lose every file you had unless it have option for saving your files. I saw it on some Pcs.
Anyway in the recovery mode im pretty sure there is also this option to recover the boot only , like from recovery CD.
Plus every OEM DVD have this option also. The best thing before doing anything is reading the manual of the PC , in the recovery section.