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How to "Undo" backup to Recovery drive
I have a new Dell XPS Vista Ultimate system. I attempted to backup my system to the Recovery drive d:. At the first attempt, the software indicated that it did not have enough space but it backed up what it could. Now my Recover drive is out of space and I get an error message upon boot up. How can I "undo" the backup to the Recovery drive d: to gain that space back again but leave the files that the system needs on that drive?
SlamX
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September 27th, 2008 18:00
SlamX
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September 27th, 2008 18:00
Swj54
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September 27th, 2008 19:00
SlamX
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September 27th, 2008 20:00
Swj54
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September 28th, 2008 00:00
Screen Shot link on my web picture page
http://www.fototime.com/5DC3E13B222E199/orig.jpg
Thanks for your help,
Steve
SlamX
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September 28th, 2008 01:00
Swj54
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September 28th, 2008 21:00
I used Windows Back Up. At this point, I identified what looked like the back up folder (HOMEVISTA), I moved it to my c: drive temporarily to see if anything else is affected. So far, so good. It appears that the Recovery files may be in Dell/Image folder. There are other folders on the drive but I'm leaving them along.
Thanks
SlamX
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September 28th, 2008 23:00
Swj54
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September 29th, 2008 01:00
Thanks for your help.
Since I do not plan to touch the Recovery drive d: again it's of no consequence, but there are other folders other than the Dell/Image folder such as Tools, Users, Windows, etc. Do you know if the back up created these folders or are they part of the original Recovery files?
SlamX
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September 29th, 2008 14:00
Swj54
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September 29th, 2008 22:00