low disc space in d drive (recovery

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i am getting a message i have low space in d drive, it came set up with 9.9
gb. my os is on c drive . c drive has 222 gb free. an i asign more memory to
d drive? how? is that what i shoul do?

thanks nick
 
Your D: drive is most likely a Recovery Partition set up by your computer
manufacturer in order for you to recover your system to a factory default state
and even if you made recovery DVDs or CDs should just be left alone.

To get rid of the messages go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer
Management, under Storage click Disk Management, right click on your D: drive
and select Change drive letter and paths..., click the Remove button, OK the
warning confirmation, OK again and close Computer Management. You will no longer
see your D: drive in Windows Explorer or Computer, but no harm will be done and
the low disk space alerts should stop.
 
Thank you! After messing around with this problem for about a month I am
finally rid of that warning message! Great advice!
 
You're very welcome. Glad it worked your you.

And, thank you for your generous compliment.


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Thank you ''Cal Bear '66''

I finaly sorted it out with the help of Del suport but your way seems much
simpler.

Nicklondon
 
Hi,
I have the same problem. Will your fix prevent my pc from making recovery
points in the future?
Thanks

Stevei
 
There is a difference between a "Recovery Partition" that the computer
manufacturer places on the hard drive with all of the necesary files to
revert your computer back to "when 1st purchased" and the Recovery Points
created by Vista once a day .....called "system restore"
under start you will see Computer in the right hand dark section...right
click and select properties...in the box that opens select Systen
Protection...there you will see your HD with the latest restore point
listed.If you uncheck the drive..all restore points will be deleted...in you
recheck the drive restore points will be created again.Click the blue "how
much etc etc line for a more detailed explanation...
peter
 
I am on Windows Vista and have followed your instructions and nothing
changed. The clean up did not free up any space in the Recovery Drive. How
could I have filled up that drive? Help!
elizabeth
 
I followed the instructions listed in the link, but my computer can't find
the first step the :regedit. What's up with that?
help?
elizabeth
 
elabrandon said:
I followed the instructions listed in the link, but my computer can't find
the first step the :regedit. What's up with that?
help?
elizabeth
Click to expand...


Rather than mess up your registry, remove any files which you may
inadvertently saved to D..



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Rather than mess up your registry, remove any files which you may
inadvertently saved to D..
Click to expand...

And how is she gonna know what those are? How is she gonna
differentiate them from what the drive is supposed to have on it?
 
Nonny said:
And how is she gonna know what those are? How is she gonna
differentiate them from what the drive is supposed to have on it?
Click to expand...


One assumes that the files had a name, and an extension which would give
some clues.



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