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grik
I need to make room for my hp recovery so that I can make a back up. the disc
is full and I dont know what to do
is full and I dont know what to do
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Gordon
grik said:I need to make room for my hp recovery so that I can make a back up. the
disc
is full and I dont know what to do
Can you be a bit more explicit:
What precisely do you mean by "I need to make room for my hp recovery " and
why should that affect your backup?
Where are you wanting to make a backup to, and what disk is full?
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Gordon
davidjchuang said:In order to get more space , " compress " your disk. In my OS ( home
premium ), I'll click Computer > highlight recovery disk, right click >
Properties > Compress. Hope that helps.
I think we need to know what the OP means by "making room for the HP
recovery" first....
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Mick Murphy
The Recovery partirion will be full; that is how it is supposed to be.
It is a factory install of a recovery partition; leave it alone!
It is there for you to either hit an F Key at startup to reinstall, or for
you to make Recovery DVDs in case your HD completely fails.
If you are trying to do a backup of your system(business and ultimate only),
either create another partition to save it to, orsave it to an external HD.
Next time, try putting a few facts here!!!!!!
It is a factory install of a recovery partition; leave it alone!
It is there for you to either hit an F Key at startup to reinstall, or for
you to make Recovery DVDs in case your HD completely fails.
If you are trying to do a backup of your system(business and ultimate only),
either create another partition to save it to, orsave it to an external HD.
Next time, try putting a few facts here!!!!!!
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Gordon
Mick Murphy said:If you are trying to do a backup of your system(business and ultimate
only),
either create another partition to save it to,
And there's absolutely NO point whatsoever in creating a backup on a
partition of the same physical HDD....
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Bob
You should not copy or backup anything to the recovery partition (usually
the D drive). The documentation that came with your PC will show you how to
make recovery disks.
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the D drive). The documentation that came with your PC will show you how to
make recovery disks.
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Joyce
davidjchuang said:In order to get more space , " compress " your disk. In my OS ( home
premium ), I'll click Computer > highlight recovery disk, right click >
Properties > Compress. Hope that helps.
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nnurse52
Mick Murphy said:The Recovery partirion will be full; that is how it is supposed to be.
It is a factory install of a recovery partition; leave it alone!
It is there for you to either hit an F Key at startup to reinstall, or for
you to make Recovery DVDs in case your HD completely fails.
If you are trying to do a backup of your system(business and ultimate only),
either create another partition to save it to, orsave it to an external HD.
Next time, try putting a few facts here!!!!!!
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nnurse52
Mick Murphy said:The Recovery partirion will be full; that is how it is supposed to be.
It is a factory install of a recovery partition; leave it alone!
It is there for you to either hit an F Key at startup to reinstall, or for
you to make Recovery DVDs in case your HD completely fails.
If you are trying to do a backup of your system(business and ultimate only),
either create another partition to save it to, orsave it to an external HD.
Next time, try putting a few facts here!!!!!!
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nnurse52
I'm having the same problem as Joyce. I've already done the compression,
emptied my trash and deleted as much stuff as I could, which I found out
doesn't make a difference. I also want to make a back disc(s) and it say not
enough room to make a shadow copy. I've had to do restore files (to a better
day) a few times because of the computer not working right, would that affect
the restore disk as far as filling it up?
emptied my trash and deleted as much stuff as I could, which I found out
doesn't make a difference. I also want to make a back disc(s) and it say not
enough room to make a shadow copy. I've had to do restore files (to a better
day) a few times because of the computer not working right, would that affect
the restore disk as far as filling it up?
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Gordon
NO NO NO! The "restore" partition is NOT part of the everyday usage of yournnurse52 said:I'm having the same problem as Joyce. I've already done the compression,
emptied my trash and deleted as much stuff as I could, which I found out
doesn't make a difference. I also want to make a back disc(s) and it say
not
enough room to make a shadow copy. I've had to do restore files (to a
better
day) a few times because of the computer not working right, would that
affect
the restore disk as far as filling it up?
computer! It ONLY comes into play when you use the Restore CD/DVD that came
with your computer....
System Restore does NOT have ANYTHING to do with the "Restore" partition.
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nnurse52
Thank you for the replies. I haven't done anything to the D disk except the
compression. There was nothing extra to delete when I opened it. But, I
don't understand why I'm getting the message that it's full and also why I
can't perform a back up without getting the message that it's unable to make
a shadow copy due to the the disc not having enough space. Do I just ignore
the message that the D disk is full? Why has it gone from being 60% full to
just having 70MB remaining?
compression. There was nothing extra to delete when I opened it. But, I
don't understand why I'm getting the message that it's full and also why I
can't perform a back up without getting the message that it's unable to make
a shadow copy due to the the disc not having enough space. Do I just ignore
the message that the D disk is full? Why has it gone from being 60% full to
just having 70MB remaining?
G
Gordon
nnurse52 said:Thank you for the replies. I haven't done anything to the D disk except
the
compression. There was nothing extra to delete when I opened it. But, I
don't understand why I'm getting the message that it's full and also why I
can't perform a back up without getting the message that it's unable to
make
a shadow copy due to the the disc not having enough space.
Have you not read ANY of the messages in this thread? If the D drive is the
Recovery Partition that came with the computer, DO NOT TOUCH IT!!!!! It is
NOT MEANT TO BE USED other than when you use the Recovery CD that was
supplied by your computer's manufacturer.
M
miss-information
"Have you not read ANY of the messages...?" That's the problem. The op
followed the suggestions given by 'davidjchuang'.
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followed the suggestions given by 'davidjchuang'.
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Charles W Davis
Gordon, the D drive Recovery Partition contains a file that is used toGordon said:Have you not read ANY of the messages in this thread? If the D drive is
the Recovery Partition that came with the computer, DO NOT TOUCH IT!!!!!
It is NOT MEANT TO BE USED other than when you use the Recovery CD that
was supplied by your computer's manufacturer.
create recovery CDs (up to 16) or DVDs (up to 3). The manufacturer did not
provide them. They are for the user to create. Do so before they are needed.
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Chris
Charles W Davis said:Gordon, the D drive Recovery Partition contains a file that is used to
create recovery CDs (up to 16) or DVDs (up to 3). The manufacturer did not
provide them. They are for the user to create. Do so before they are needed.
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Chris
I've had the same problem since I bought this computer from dell when vista
first came out. This has been a total nightmare and I can't wait until this
computer dies so I can go to a MAC. My RECOVERY (C) drive states that it's
full and my computer keeps telling me to clear files which I have nothing to
clear. My (D) drive has tons of space. Is there a way of moving everything
from the (C) drive to the (D) drive? Also, why when I save things can't I
save it to the (D) drive where I have the space?
first came out. This has been a total nightmare and I can't wait until this
computer dies so I can go to a MAC. My RECOVERY (C) drive states that it's
full and my computer keeps telling me to clear files which I have nothing to
clear. My (D) drive has tons of space. Is there a way of moving everything
from the (C) drive to the (D) drive? Also, why when I save things can't I
save it to the (D) drive where I have the space?
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nnurse52
I wrote earlier this month about this problem, and didn't get any real help,
except for the gentleman that told me that back ups need to be done on the D
disk. Actually Gateway resolved the issue for me. One side is the restore
partition and is "guarded", there is additional operational information and
then through no fault of mine, some extra info was on there. Gateway has a
whole tutorial how to resolve the full D disk. It's always the same file
that needs to be deleted, for example JohnSmith-pc, I found that with my name
on it, deleted, finished the nec steps, restarted my computer and my D disk
was less than half full, turned back to a blue strip indicating how full it
was instead of the red one that indicated it was full. Now I can do back
ups, without getting the message "not enough room to create Shadow copy",
I'm not getting the message to delete unnecessary files and folders to make
more room on D Disk and all around I have better performance and even the
BSODs seem to have been resolved. I hope that I have accurately described
this remedy, I don't know if only Gateway has this tutorial or not. I felt
like I was yelled at by a tech last time I posted on here and I'm probably
posting in the incorrect area. I hope this helps someone as I keep seeing
this issue being brought up over and over with the same type of responses I
received.
except for the gentleman that told me that back ups need to be done on the D
disk. Actually Gateway resolved the issue for me. One side is the restore
partition and is "guarded", there is additional operational information and
then through no fault of mine, some extra info was on there. Gateway has a
whole tutorial how to resolve the full D disk. It's always the same file
that needs to be deleted, for example JohnSmith-pc, I found that with my name
on it, deleted, finished the nec steps, restarted my computer and my D disk
was less than half full, turned back to a blue strip indicating how full it
was instead of the red one that indicated it was full. Now I can do back
ups, without getting the message "not enough room to create Shadow copy",
I'm not getting the message to delete unnecessary files and folders to make
more room on D Disk and all around I have better performance and even the
BSODs seem to have been resolved. I hope that I have accurately described
this remedy, I don't know if only Gateway has this tutorial or not. I felt
like I was yelled at by a tech last time I posted on here and I'm probably
posting in the incorrect area. I hope this helps someone as I keep seeing
this issue being brought up over and over with the same type of responses I
received.