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10-04-2007

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carl

"Lang Murphy" wrote:

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> "carl" <carl@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7A1C6B33-854F-4C3E-A226-C544213BE27A@xxxxxx

Quote:

> > we have a notice that keeps popping up on our computer. it states that our
> > disk drive d is full.
> > when we check on disk drive d it says that it has 60 MB available of 9 GB.
> > How do we get rid of this notice and should the drive be this large?
> >
> > also while checking this out we opened system properties and under the
> > system protection index in the section of Automatic restore points it says
> > there are 3 available disks, one is recovery (D

, Local Disk (C

> > (System)
> > and (C

(Missing) this drive has a check next to it. Should this drive
> > be
> > listed there with a check by it?
> >
> > --
> > carl

>
>
> Well, 9GB's is about two DVD's, so, yeah, I could see a recovery partition
> being that large these days. How new is the computer? How recently has the
> error msg been appearing? Since you got the computer or after X amount of
> time?
>
> As to why system protection is showing what it's showing... can't speak to
> that, although I will say that the check mark indicates the drives for which
> restore points are automatically being created. I'd have to be concerned
> that there were two entries for the C: drive and the one with the (Missing)
> comment is the one having restore points created. That makes me wonder.
>
> Again, is this a new PC? If so, have you called the vendor's support line?
>
> Lang
>
> Lang
>

10-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
carl n/a posts	Re: Drive D (recovery disk) is full -- carl "Lang Murphy" wrote: Quote: > "carl" <carl@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:7A1C6B33-854F-4C3E-A226-C544213BE27A@xxxxxx Quote: > > we have a notice that keeps popping up on our computer. it states that our > > disk drive d is full. > > when we check on disk drive d it says that it has 60 MB available of 9 GB. > > How do we get rid of this notice and should the drive be this large? > > > > also while checking this out we opened system properties and under the > > system protection index in the section of Automatic restore points it says > > there are 3 available disks, one is recovery (D, Local Disk (C > > (System) > > and (C (Missing) this drive has a check next to it. Should this drive > > be > > listed there with a check by it? > > > > -- > > carl > > > Well, 9GB's is about two DVD's, so, yeah, I could see a recovery partition > being that large these days. How new is the computer? How recently has the > error msg been appearing? Since you got the computer or after X amount of > time? > > As to why system protection is showing what it's showing... can't speak to > that, although I will say that the check mark indicates the drives for which > restore points are automatically being created. I'd have to be concerned > that there were two entries for the C: drive and the one with the (Missing) > comment is the one having restore points created. That makes me wonder. > > Again, is this a new PC? If so, have you called the vendor's support line? > > Lang > > Lang >
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