Vista - Recovery disk full

05-07-2009

I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery )
drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase all
unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely full
despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all
duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D
drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space.
What should I do next?

05-07-2009

"Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery )
> drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase
> all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely
> full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all
> duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D
> drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space.
> What should I do next?

Why are you doing ANYTHING with the Recovery partition? Are you backing up
there?
The Recovery Partition is there to enable restoration of your computer to
factory specs.
You have probably borked it.
I hope you made a Recovery DVD from it...
Did you READ the User guide that came with your computer?

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05-07-2009

"Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery )
> drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase
> all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely
> full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all
> duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D
> drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space.
> What should I do next?

..
A common reason for this is Vista is automatically sending backups to D:
Start Backup and check the configuration.

05-07-2009

"Victek" <victek@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

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> "Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#T44UotzJHA.436@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery )
>> drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase
>> all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely
>> full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all
>> duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the
>> D drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space.
>> What should I do next?

> .
> A common reason for this is Vista is automatically sending backups to D:
> Start Backup and check the configuration.

Err the user has to set UP the backup - there's no "automatic" about it...

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05-07-2009

>>> I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery )

Quote:

>>> drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase
>>> all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost
>>> completely full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have
>>> deleted all duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to
>>> only use the D drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space.
>>> What should I do next?

>> .
>> A common reason for this is Vista is automatically sending backups to D:
>> Start Backup and check the configuration.

>
> Err the user has to set UP the backup - there's no "automatic" about it...
>
> --

I haven't studied this in detail and don't presume to fully understand it.
That said I have seen more then one Vista machine where the backups are sent
to D:\ which is the recovery partition on preloaded HP's, Compaqs, etc. The
user is made aware of this when they begin receiving low disk space warning
messages. Initially they have no idea what is causing it which makes me
think they did not intentionally configure the backup location, but like I
said I'm not sure.

05-09-2009

"Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery )
>drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase
>all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely
>full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all
>duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D
>drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space.
> What should I do next?
>
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Dennis

No decent backup program will EVER point a backup save to the primary boot
drive. It looks for any drive/partition which does NOT have the working
operating system installed. In your case, it has found D which is your OEM
recovery partition.

If you want to back up using Windows Backup or any other backup utility, you
will have to buy another drive, preferably external.

If you only want to back up pics and music, burn them to a CD/DVD using your
burning software

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05-07-2009	#1 (permalink)
Dennis Stephens n/a posts	Recovery disk full I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space. What should I do next?
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05-07-2009	#2 (permalink)
Gordon n/a posts	Re: Recovery disk full "Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#T44UotzJHA.436@xxxxxx Quote: > I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) > drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase > all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely > full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all > duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D > drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space. > What should I do next? Why are you doing ANYTHING with the Recovery partition? Are you backing up there? The Recovery Partition is there to enable restoration of your computer to factory specs. You have probably borked it. I hope you made a Recovery DVD from it... Did you READ the User guide that came with your computer? -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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05-07-2009	#3 (permalink)
Victek n/a posts	Re: Recovery disk full "Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#T44UotzJHA.436@xxxxxx Quote: > I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) > drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase > all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely > full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all > duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D > drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space. > What should I do next? .. A common reason for this is Vista is automatically sending backups to D: Start Backup and check the configuration.
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05-07-2009	#4 (permalink)
Gordon n/a posts	Re: Recovery disk full "Victek" <victek@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uL2w6GyzJHA.1424@xxxxxx Quote: > > > "Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#T44UotzJHA.436@xxxxxx Quote: >> I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) >> drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase >> all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely >> full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all >> duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the >> D drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space. >> What should I do next? > . > A common reason for this is Vista is automatically sending backups to D: > Start Backup and check the configuration. Err the user has to set UP the backup - there's no "automatic" about it... -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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05-07-2009	#5 (permalink)
Victek n/a posts	Re: Recovery disk full >>> I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) Quote: Quote: Quote: >>> drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase >>> all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost >>> completely full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have >>> deleted all duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to >>> only use the D drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space. >>> What should I do next? >> . >> A common reason for this is Vista is automatically sending backups to D: >> Start Backup and check the configuration. > > Err the user has to set UP the backup - there's no "automatic" about it... > > -- I haven't studied this in detail and don't presume to fully understand it. That said I have seen more then one Vista machine where the backups are sent to D:\ which is the recovery partition on preloaded HP's, Compaqs, etc. The user is made aware of this when they begin receiving low disk space warning messages. Initially they have no idea what is causing it which makes me think they did not intentionally configure the backup location, but like I said I'm not sure.
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05-09-2009	#6 (permalink)
Mike Hall - MVP n/a posts	Re: Recovery disk full "Dennis Stephens" <saturn1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23T44UotzJHA.436@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a DELL laptop running VISTA. I have noticed that my D (recovery ) >drive is almost full. I have gone through the routine of trying to erase >all unnecessary files several times. The drive is still almost completely >full despite all my efforts. The wastebasket is empty, I have deleted all >duplicated files from, nothing works. The computer seems to only use the D >drive and the C drive is more than 70% free space. > What should I do next? > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4063 (20090508) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > Dennis No decent backup program will EVER point a backup save to the primary boot drive. It looks for any drive/partition which does NOT have the working operating system installed. In your case, it has found D which is your OEM recovery partition. If you want to back up using Windows Backup or any other backup utility, you will have to buy another drive, preferably external. If you only want to back up pics and music, burn them to a CD/DVD using your burning software -- Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4063 (20090508) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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