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Post by April on Apr 7, 2010 19:08:46 GMT
My recovery "D" drive is almost full.... how can i sort this or what does it mean?  |
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Post by Queenie on Apr 7, 2010 19:13:49 GMT
No idea April. I'd get a new computer if I were you!!!
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Post by April on Apr 7, 2010 20:10:03 GMT
only have this laptop a year and a half..... cant afford a new one....
any ideas?.... dont want this to crash...!!!
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Post by WestAlbany on Apr 7, 2010 22:59:03 GMT
April,
After the computer assembler (Dell, Acer, HP, etc.) installs the operating system (Windows, ie.), they will split (partition) your hard drive into two virtual drives. The second drive (D:) is generally small and contains important drivers and a few other special files. The first drive (C:) contains all the files (operating system, programs and data) that your computer uses.
Possibly, your Backup program uses the smaller drive for its files and is filling it up.
Check to see what you have for drives (Windows Explorer or My Computer) and check to see their respective sizes.
Having an external hard drive of 500GB or more would solve your problem. Here, in America, these cost about $60-90 dollars.
** I have no idea of what the monetary conversion factors are.**
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Post by April on Apr 8, 2010 10:55:32 GMT
westalbany, i don't save any files on my laptop... the only things i do save are photo's and i dont have that many.... really i just use it for surfing....so i have lots of space on my laptop available, its only the D drive and i have a feeling that it is something to do with windows explorer which keeps crashing....
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Post by mainstreeter on Apr 8, 2010 15:26:19 GMT
April what make is it? Did you get recovery discs with it? Some manufacturers dont pack recovery discs with their comps any more. I think West Albany is right its where your comp is storing your recovery software.
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Post by April on Apr 8, 2010 17:37:37 GMT
i checked the drives and i have 63.9 GB free of 99.9 GB on the C drive and
231MB free of 9.99GB on the D drive.
I wonder is it something to do with microsoft windows as it is constantly crashing....
I have a DELL vostro 1500 inspiration with windows vista.
What will happen when i reach 9.99GB on D drive?
I dont have any recovery discs.
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Post by sugarloves on Apr 8, 2010 20:59:50 GMT
a techie do your thing and tell april how to fix it. hes the main man april . mine was crashing and techie came and did his magic its fixed now, just dont ask me how april i just about know how to turn off and on again.
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Post by April on Apr 9, 2010 15:48:41 GMT
i have a software engineer living with me lol... and do you think i can tie her down to have a look for me..... too busy with the buzz of young love and life......
the boss said he will bring into work and get someone to look at it for me.... still im curious as to what is wrong... im really interested in this kind of stuff and would be interested to see how it can be fixed....
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Post by Queenie on Apr 9, 2010 18:18:23 GMT
Phone Dell, they are usually very good with any problems. I have had 3 Dells.. I've had to phone once or twice, and had quite a little thing going with one guy in Delhi!! and he continued to phone and check on the computer up to a couple of weeks after it was fixed. They do have a great after-sales service.
I know it's not brand new April, but it's worth trying.
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Post by WestAlbany on Apr 10, 2010 2:41:10 GMT
April, I copied this. It should give you an idea of what's going on with your recovery drive.
Let me explain what is a recovery drive before you delete or remove anything. Then you will know what approach to take.
Your hard drive (and most newer computers) is partitioned into 2 drives. The first drive is the C: drive and the other is the D: drive.
The C: drive is the first partition of your hard drive. Here you will find your operating System (Windows) and all your installed games and programs.
The D:drive is the second partition of your hard drive. Here you will find recovery files. This drive is usually intended for containing only your recovery files and no more.
When the System crashes it crashes in the C: drive and not in the D" drive. The recovery files in the D: drive is not affected by the crash and therefore will allow you to recover the System by using your recovery disks that came along with your computer or the ones that the PC manual directed you to create in case of having to recover.
When your System crashes or won't work you insert the cd recovery disk in the cd drive and reboot the computer. The recovery program on the disk accesses the recovery files in your D: drive and recovers the System.
The recovery disks needs to access the files on your D: drive to be able to recover the System so it's not a good idea to ever remove or delete the recovery files found in the D: drive.
The D: drive should not be used for storage or installing programs. It should be reserved for the recovery files only.
Open your D" drive and remove any files that are not part of the Recovery files.
Burning a recovery disk will not make the warning message go away. You need to manually remove the files that don't belong there before it causes the D: drive to be inaccessible.
When a drive is full it can become inaccessible because the System needs to use some of it's free memory and if it's not available then it locks. that's why it is warning you before it gets to that point.
It's a good idea to copy the recovery files on a cd or dvd for backup in case the hard drive burns out.
Also don't forget to create those recovery disk needed to access the recovery files in the D: drive if you haven't done so yet because if your system crashes you won't be able to
do it then, and it will be too late.
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Post by WestAlbany on Apr 10, 2010 2:48:01 GMT
April,
After reading the above, you'll have to find what program (if not Recovery Point) is saving files to this partition (D:) and redirect it to the C: drive.
Lottsa Luck!!!!!!!!!
By the way, did you make your recovery discs? This might help:
What retailers will not tell you is that vista WILL make recovery disc. Go to the window icon, all programs, pc help and tools and recovery disc creation, it will only allow you to create these disc one time, make sure you have 2 dvds to do it with, anything else will take more disc and longer time.
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Post by April on Apr 10, 2010 17:57:19 GMT
westalbany, that's for all that info and for going to so much trouble, i really appreciate it.
it has given me a better understanding and i am going to ensure i make those recovery discs , and thanks for the tip about the "2 discs"......
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