E-drive utilisation exceeded 95% over 5 seconds

Ashvin Busviah

Vista Guru
Hi Forum,

This is an hp laptop, the E-drive on the laptop is the HP Recovery partition.. I keep getting the E-drive is utilisation exceeded everyday as warning message on that laptop..
Does anyone know how to solve that issue out or why the E-drive is over utililised as its only the recovery partition.

Thanks so much
cheers
Ash
 

My Computer

Hi Ashvin

Maybe this can help
Download Windirstat
When you have the problem use windirstat to see what is in that partition. You can put the cursor over various partitions to see what it in it.
WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics

It is my guess, that you do not have much space left and it is full with shadow copies, etc.
But use the software, and we will see.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/26/how-to-fix-shrinking-disk-space-in-vista/
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76227-system-restore-disk-space.html
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Yeap the recovery partition is full, I runned your recommended software great tool to explore the recovery partition as it was locked to see changes..
The solution here, I am going to resize the partitions on the machine and increase the recovery one..

Cheers
Ash
 

My Computer

Glad that I could help and also glad that it was an easy solution. Thanks for reporting back.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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