Your D: Partition is a partition set up on your computer by the Manufacturer
in case of serious problems in the Vista operation system.
DO NOT TOUCH IT.
You are supposed to make recovery DVDs from it to reinstall Vista in case of
complete Hard Drive failure.
Also, at Startup, there is an F Key option to reinstall vista from it, back
to factory standards, in case of System crash.
To Backup your System/Data, buy an external Hard drive, and save to that.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"Robert Judge" wrote:
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> On my new VISTA PC, I tried to use the built-in Backup program. The back-up
> apparently failed because there was not enough room on the "RECOVERY (D
> disk.
>
> Now, when I re-start my new VISTA PC, I get this message:
> "Low Disk Space
> You are runing out of disk space on RECOVERY (D. To free space on this
> drive by delteing old or unnecessary files, click here..."
>
> When I "Click here," I am then offered "Disk Cleanup for RECOVERY (D."
> The Disk Cleanup offers "Office Setup Files" and "Recylce Bin," but both have
> "0 bytes" so I can't free up space that way.
>
> When I open the Backup and Restore center and try to backup files, the
> program starts by "Creating a shadow copy." However, I then get a message:
> "An error occurred...There is not enough space to save the backup files.
> Free up disk space or change yur backup settings. (0x81000005)."
>
> If I have limited space on "RECOVERY D," I only need to backup Documents.
> But even when I only check "Documents," I get the same error message.
>
> I am thinking that I should delete the contents of RECOERY D and try to
> start over again. However, there appears to be some files that came already
> installed on RECOVERY D. However, I see a folder called "Backup Set
> 2008-06-08 193208," which I assume is the failed backup that I tried on June
> 6. Should I just delete that folder and try again? Or is there some other
> way I should try to use the "Backup and Restore" program? I will appreciate
> advice.
>