You are not supposed to store ANYTHING in the Recovery (D:) drive. This addition contains an image of the OS to be used to recover the OS in case of a massive problem. Hook up the external disk, identify it in the BIOS, and format it in Disk Management. The copy the files you stored there to the external drive.
The OS DOES NOT store any backup data on the D: drive.
Some Dell systems are shipped with a D:\RECOVERY partition. Windows inbuilt BACK UP AND RESTORE FEATURE backs up the data automatically saved to it on a regular basis. When the partition gets near capacity, you will get the following error: Recovery Partition D: is full, use Disk Cleanup to clear. This is a normal Windows Vista/Win7error message indicating a drive is nearly full and to use Disk Cleanup to remove files that are not needed to free hard drive space.
The problem in this situation, is that Disk Cleanup will not delete Backup and System Shadow Copy files from the recovery partition thus never resolving the error. If your backups are saved to an internal or external hard disk, you can move or delete a backup by following these steps:
1. Open the location where the backup is saved. For example, if you backed up your files to an internal hard disk labeled "D (Recovery)," Use Windows Explorer to browse drive D: (Recovery).
2. Right-click the folder containing the backup you want to delete, and then click Delete OR You can cut and paste to a USB drive or recordable CD/DVD media to use as a backup for the data.
Notes:
Backups are saved in this format: \ \Backup Set
When you make a full backup, a backup folder is created and labeled with the date for that day. As you add updates, that date stays the same, but your backup is not out of date. The next time you make a full backup, a new backup folder is created and labeled with the date for that day, and any updates are then added to that new folder. You should not delete the current backup folder.
kirkd
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You are not supposed to store ANYTHING in the Recovery (D:) drive. This addition contains an image of the OS to be used to recover the OS in case of a massive problem. Hook up the external disk, identify it in the BIOS, and format it in Disk Management. The copy the files you stored there to the external drive.
The OS DOES NOT store any backup data on the D: drive.
ankushsood17
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June 7th, 2011 15:00
Hi,
Some Dell systems are shipped with a D:\RECOVERY partition. Windows inbuilt BACK UP AND RESTORE FEATURE backs up the data automatically saved to it on a regular basis. When the partition gets near capacity, you will get the following error: Recovery Partition D: is full, use Disk Cleanup to clear. This is a normal Windows Vista/Win7error message indicating a drive is nearly full and to use Disk Cleanup to remove files that are not needed to free hard drive space.
The problem in this situation, is that Disk Cleanup will not delete Backup and System Shadow Copy files from the recovery partition thus never resolving the error. If your backups are saved to an internal or external hard disk, you can move or delete a backup by following these steps:
1. Open the location where the backup is saved. For example, if you backed up your files to an internal hard disk labeled "D (Recovery)," Use Windows Explorer to browse drive D: (Recovery).
2. Right-click the folder containing the backup you want to delete, and then click Delete OR You can cut and paste to a USB drive or recordable CD/DVD media to use as a backup for the data.
Notes:
Backups are saved in this format: \ \Backup Set
When you make a full backup, a backup folder is created and labeled with the date for that day. As you add updates, that date stays the same, but your backup is not out of date. The next time you make a full backup, a new backup folder is created and labeled with the date for that day, and any updates are then added to that new folder. You should not delete the current backup folder.
REFERENCE:
windowshelp.microsoft.com/.../9eb3d150-fe33-41a0-b7f6-233d7fe4460a1033.mspx
Hope this helps!!!!!!!