D: shows very little space left, recovery all I found in it


  1. Posts : 1
    windows 7 64 bit
       #1

    D: shows very little space left, recovery all I found in it


    D: shows little space left, all we saw in it was Recovery and we couldn't open it to view files. Is this normal? We have made a Recovery disc for computer. We keep getting notifications stating very little disc space available and the C: has plenty of space available. We're confused.
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
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       #2

    That is normal. The OEMs do not waste any space on the recovery partition. Just don't touch it.
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  3. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #3

    Turn off System Restore for the Recovery drive (D: in your case).
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  4. Posts : 72
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #4

    I, too, have my Recovery partition showing in red whereas before it was blue. It has 1.03 GB free out of 11.8 GB. Probably because I turned on System Restore for it.

    How to know which is the better course of action -- keep Sys Restore on for the Recovery partition and live with the red "warning" color... or turn Sys Restore off and decrease ability to roll back system after a mistake?
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  5. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #5

    The recovery partition's contents should never change, therefore you should have no need of having multiple restore points for something that doesn't change.
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  6. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #6

    malvoglio said:
    I, too, have my Recovery partition showing in red whereas before it was blue. It has 1.03 GB free out of 11.8 GB. Probably because I turned on System Restore for it.

    How to know which is the better course of action -- keep Sys Restore on for the Recovery partition and live with the red "warning" color... or turn Sys Restore off and decrease ability to roll back system after a mistake?
    Get those restore points out of there and shut off system restore for that partition. But first check whether there really are any restore points because it could be a different problem. To check, run this command:

    vssadmin list shadows
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  7. Posts : 72
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #7

    Hi whs and Happy New Year!

    Here is the output from the vss command:

    Code:
    vssadmin 1.1 - Verwaltungsbefehlszeilenprogramm des Volumeschattenkopie-Dienstes
    
    (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp.
    
    Inhalte der Schattenkopiesatzkennung: {bdd37f77-9c08-4648-99fe-5083fc8cd116}
       3 Schattenkopie(n) war(en) enthalten bei der Erstellungszeit: 02.01.2015 14:3
    9:33
          Schattenkopienkennung: {941846aa-42ba-4ff4-a54b-1bf72a7ca695}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (\\?\Volume{00a16889-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6963
    }\)\\?\Volume{00a16889-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy9
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    
          Schattenkopienkennung: {2c27ce62-af7c-41e2-b9bd-689a68c5c581}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{00a1688d-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6
    963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy11
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    
          Schattenkopienkennung: {13ae3fb9-cf31-43e3-9803-b8e98d52071a}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{00a1688b-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6
    963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy10
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    
    Inhalte der Schattenkopiesatzkennung: {3f1d675d-8129-4768-ba4f-44a3caa95d33}
       3 Schattenkopie(n) war(en) enthalten bei der Erstellungszeit: 27.12.2014 03:3
    5:04
          Schattenkopienkennung: {4cb7654d-e24d-472c-a2d0-8c0f9e2f9f1f}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{00a1688d-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6
    963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy3
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    
          Schattenkopienkennung: {2a6b5aaf-623a-4e04-ac5e-9ba20298baaf}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{00a1688b-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6
    963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    
    Inhalte der Schattenkopiesatzkennung: {a45b985d-b7fb-4c7c-b6a1-e9b6e852ed4b}
       3 Schattenkopie(n) war(en) enthalten bei der Erstellungszeit: 30.12.2014 10:1
    0:23
          Schattenkopienkennung: {2922ca98-c398-484b-8962-d31b6a8298f4}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{00a1688d-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6
    963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy7
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    
          Schattenkopienkennung: {e1f8cfc1-fe12-4718-9652-e738beb9d239}
             Ursprüngliches Volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{00a1688b-8ac2-11e4-9ce8-806e6f6e6
    963}\
             Schattenkopievolume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy6
             Quellcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Dienstcomputer: [Redacted]-HP
             Anbieter: "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0"
             Typ: ClientAccessibleWriters
             Attribute: Permanent, Clientzugänglich, Keine automatische Freigabe, Di
    fferenziell, Automatisch wiederhergestellt
    Anything out of the ordinary that you can see?
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  8. Posts : 72
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #8

    cluberti said:
    The recovery partition's contents should never change, therefore you should have no need of having multiple restore points for something that doesn't change.
    Makes sense to me. Thanks for your reply!
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #9

    There are at least 2 restore points on D:\

    Ursprüngliches Volume: (D)
    To get rid of them, run the following command:

    vssadmin delete shadows /For=D:
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  10. Posts : 72
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #10

    Okay, done. As a nice side-effect, after I did this and also switched off Sys Restore for D: and E:, the duplicate entries for "SYSTEM (nicht vorhanden)" and "C: (nicht vorhanden)" are now gone as well.
    Last edited by malvoglio; 02 Jan 2015 at 16:38. Reason: clarify
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