low disk space on D Recovery drive.


  1. Posts : 1
    windows 7 ultimate x32 bit
       #1

    low disk space on D Recovery drive.


    have a Dell xpsm1330 laptop running windows 7 ultimate 32 bit. i keep getting a message saying low disk space on D recovery drive (3.73 mb left on 10G). i think what has happened when i upgraded from vista to windows 7 all the program files/data
    from both systems went to the D recovery drive therefore it is full. what is the best option to clear the D drive and not loose the data/program files? which will solve the disk low space message. in doing so do would i still need the Vista data/program files?
    thanks.
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    I don't see why anything from a previous installation would end up on a D drive.

    Do you know if you did a "clean install" or an "upgrade" when you moved from Vista to Windows 7?

    Can you investigate the D drive in Windows Explorer? What appears to be on it?

    Can you post a screen shot of your Disk Management, showing all drives and partitions?
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  3. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #3

    The Dell recovery partition holds the image required to recover your system to factory state and should not have anything added to it.

    When you upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 the recovery partition should have been left untouched.

    A clean install will have wiped your hard drive, including the Dell recovery partition.

    Have you created a set of Dell recovery discs so that you can at least get your computer back to its factory state if something goes drastically wrong?
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  4. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #4

    @ EarlGray

    It may be that your clean install or Vista/Windows 7 upgrade installed itself in the Recovery partition which is generally marked active in Dells. Dell seem place the "system reserved" boot in recovery.

    A screenshot from Disk management would help.
    and
    Is the upgrade a standard retail upgrade?
    If so then an option is to consider a complete Windows 7 clean install.
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