Vista - Delete Backup from Recovery (D:)

I unwittingly created a partial user data backup on the Recovery (D drive
on my relatively new but now fully personalized and loaded PC. I say partial
because it stopped when the drive filled to capacity (approx 10 gb). After I
got the "out of space" notice, I realized I had created the backup on a
partitioned hard drive, not on a seperate physical one. Duh me!

I tried to see if I could delete the backup, but the Recovery Partition is
"Protected by PC Angel" and does not allow me to view the files contained
therein. I do not want to do a factory recovery, so is there possibly
another way to delete the misplaced backup?

Question asked and answered by the originator (that'd be me). The backup
wasn't created in the protected recovery folder afterall. It was hiding in
plain sight so-to-speak. I deleted the backup and recovered my disk space.
I can live with the invalid system restore points until they are buried by
new ones that are created daily. If you're reading this, thanks for your
interest.

"pcrider_nva" wrote:

> I tried to see if I could delete the backup, but the Recovery Partition is
> "Protected by PC Angel" and does not allow me to view the files contained
> therein. I do not want to do a factory recovery, so is there possibly
> another way to delete the misplaced backup?

Hi, pcrider_nva.

Thanks for letting us know. While it may be embarrassing to admit a simple
error, posting the problem and solution here just might keep someone else
from a similar misadventure. ;^}

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"pcrider_nva" <pcridernva@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CFCCADA3-FCA9-4D41-8535-DA5C0B949A8C@microsoft.com...
> Question asked and answered by the originator (that'd be me). The backup
> wasn't created in the protected recovery folder afterall. It was hiding
> in
> plain sight so-to-speak. I deleted the backup and recovered my disk
> space.
> I can live with the invalid system restore points until they are buried by
> new ones that are created daily. If you're reading this, thanks for your
> interest.
>
> "pcrider_nva" wrote:
>
>> I tried to see if I could delete the backup, but the Recovery Partition
>> is
>> "Protected by PC Angel" and does not allow me to view the files contained
>> therein. I do not want to do a factory recovery, so is there possibly
>> another way to delete the misplaced backup?