Recovery Drive

goodtimez

I need some help! I have a inspiron 530s computer, it has two hard disk
drives. The os (c drive and the recovery (ddrive. The os drive is only
about 25% full but the recovery drive is 99% full. It keeps telling me my
backup failed that i need to free up space, but i don't know what to do or
what to delete...... Could some one help me out?

Malke

goodtimez wrote:

> I need some help! I have a inspiron 530s computer, it has two hard disk
> drives. The os (c drive and the recovery (ddrive. The os drive is only
> about 25% full but the recovery drive is 99% full. It keeps telling me my
> backup failed that i need to free up space, but i don't know what to do
> or what to delete...... Could some one help me out?

The D: drive holds a Dell recovery image. Nothing should be on that drive,
which is purposely small, except the recovery image. Remove anything you've
put on that drive - carefully! don't touch the recovery image or any
related files - and store it on external media. Do not use the D: drive for
your backups. Purchase an external hard drive instead.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers

Don't Panic!

potts

"goodtimez" wrote:

> I need some help! I have a inspiron 530s computer, it has two hard disk
> drives. The os (c drive and the recovery (ddrive. The os drive is only
> about 25% full but the recovery drive is 99% full. It keeps telling me my
> backup failed that i need to free up space, but i don't know what to do or
> what to delete...... Could some one help me out?
>

azinky

I am having the same problems as goodtimez. I tried to clear the recovery d ,
but honestly I am not sure what to delete. My pc is now shuting down on its
own and when it comes back on, the updates try to install but fail. I click
on the icon on the bottom right hand of the screen, all that comes up is the
recycle bin which is empty. I have even tried a new restore point, no luck
there. I really need to know what to do to get my pc back to running and
working properly. Please HELP.

"Malke" wrote:

> goodtimez wrote:
>
> > I need some help! I have a inspiron 530s computer, it has two hard disk
> > drives. The os (c drive and the recovery (ddrive. The os drive is only
> > about 25% full but the recovery drive is 99% full. It keeps telling me my
> > backup failed that i need to free up space, but i don't know what to do
> > or what to delete...... Could some one help me out?
>
> The D: drive holds a Dell recovery image. Nothing should be on that drive,
> which is purposely small, except the recovery image. Remove anything you've
> put on that drive - carefully! don't touch the recovery image or any
> related files - and store it on external media. Do not use the D: drive for
> your backups. Purchase an external hard drive instead.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
>
> Don't Panic!
>