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apparently failed because there was not enough room on the "RECOVERY (D
disk.
Now, when I re-start my new VISTA PC, I get this message:
"Low Disk Space
You are runing out of disk space on RECOVERY (D. To free space on this
drive by delteing old or unnecessary files, click here..."
When I "Click here," I am then offered "Disk Cleanup for RECOVERY (D."
The Disk Cleanup offers "Office Setup Files" and "Recylce Bin," but both have
"0 bytes" so I can't free up space that way.
When I open the Backup and Restore center and try to backup files, the
program starts by "Creating a shadow copy." However, I then get a message:
"An error occurred...There is not enough space to save the backup files.
Free up disk space or change yur backup settings. (0x81000005)."
If I have limited space on "RECOVERY D," I only need to backup Documents.
But even when I only check "Documents," I get the same error message.
I am thinking that I should delete the contents of RECOERY D and try to
start over again. However, there appears to be some files that came already
installed on RECOVERY D. However, I see a folder called "Backup Set
2008-06-08 193208," which I assume is the failed backup that I tried on June
6. Should I just delete that folder and try again? Or is there some other
way I should try to use the "Backup and Restore" program? I will appreciate
advice.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Robert Judge
Wait for other answers please, just to make sure.
I think the D drive is only going to be made large enough to take what
the OEM thought should go there (Plus a bit of spare space of course),
An incomplete backup file is probably quite useless anyway, so yes that
it what I think you should delete.
My other suggestion would be to avoid using the D drive for anything at
all, if you overwrite something important on it you will not be able to
use it to restore your system to factory defaults.
You could consider backing up that partition onto CD / DVD whatever or
ask the makers for a set of recovery disks, otherwise if it goes south
you may end up having to buy a retail Vista. At least if you had it on
removable media you would stand a chance if the drive itself ever fails
- it does happen I have a year old Seagate peperweight here right now.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Robert Judge
Your D: Partition is a partition set up on your computer by the Manufacturer
in case of serious problems in the Vista operation system.
DO NOT TOUCH IT.
You are supposed to make recovery DVDs from it to reinstall Vista in case of
complete Hard Drive failure.
Also, at Startup, there is an F Key option to reinstall vista from it, back
to factory standards, in case of System crash.
To Backup your System/Data, buy an external Hard drive, and save to that.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
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| | | | | Post in reply to: Robert Judge
Backup programs look for a drive or partition other than C because the very
last place that a backup should be deposited..
In your case, it found another partition which unfortunately turned out to
be the manufacturer recovery partition.
It is only just large enough to contain the files to return your computer to
how it was when you first powered it up plus enough free space such that the
computer does not flash up an 'out of space' warning.
Remove any backup files you have sent to the D drive, and all will return to
normal again...
If you want to do proper backups, get a one touch backup device which will
come with its own easy to use software, or get an external USB hard drive
and Acronis TrueImage software..
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Mike Hall - MVP
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| | | | | Post in reply to: strategies I recently
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:51:01 -0700, Robert Judge
No, no, no! Do *not* do that!
Your recovery partition (D is one provided by the OEM who built your
computer. It contains the files needed for you to restore Windows
should that be necessary. They provide that in lieu of a Windows CD.
It is not there for you to store your backups nor for you to use for
any other purpose. In fact you should not touch it at all.
Be aware that this is almost certainly not a separate disk, but merely
a partition on your *only* disk. For that reason, even if you could
store backups there, it's a terrible place for them anyway (for the
same reason, it's not good for the files to restore Windows to be
there, but that's all you have; don't lose it). If your drive dies,
all your backups would die with it. If your data is important to you,
its backups need to be on external media.
For more information on backups, read this article on backup
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=314
Yes, the files that are there to restore Windows if necessary. That's
all that should be there.
However, I see a folder called "Backup Set
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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