Recovery Drive

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PLEASE HELP

Hey everybody,

I just got my PC last week and I am trying to create a
recovery disc, but every time I attempt to do it, it says
that I have too much stuff on the recovery drive. I have
uninstalled and deleted a number of extremely large
programs that came on the PC but the size of the drive
doesn't change. The drive is currently at 4.52 GB but I
need to get it down to 4.45 GB. Any tips for how I could
do this?

Thanks.

P.S. My computer won't let me actually access the
recovery drive and have a look at what's on there.
 
Most PCs do not have a "recovery drive". That is not a feature of XP. XP
has a feature called system restore, which backsup some system files, but
not user files nor other program files. It does not save them on a separate
drive, but in a hidden directory on the main drive.

However, some PC manufacturers provide a hidden recovery partition, which
contains an image of the PC on the day they sold it to you. Others include
software like GOBACK, which makes incremental backups of program and system
files whenever they are changed, and it may also stores this information on
a separate partition.

For this forum to assist you further, you will need to be specific about
exactly what type of "recovery drive" your PC has,
 
It's my D drive that is the recovery. The D drive is
titled, "HP_RECOVERY" when I expand it there is one
obect, titled, "RECOVERY" but it is locked and I can't
access it. That's about all I know.
 
It is one compressed file and if too large can't burn it one CD. Maybe if
you have a DVD burner it might fit on a DVD CD. If not, call HP and they may
send you the recovery on CD's.
 
I just downloaded a program called "Back Up My PC" from the CNET downloads website. This program will compress a full system backup on one or two DVD+RW's or DVD-RW's. From there you just do a backup of the new and replaced files on the same DVD(note: when doing this use the overwrite method as opposed to the append method). It has a 30 day free trial and then it will set you back $70, but worth every penny. I fixing to replace my hard drive with this software during my free trial.
 
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