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May 19th 08, 01:54 PM
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HI, I get a message come up on my vista Acer, the Data d disk is nearly full, how do I cure this problem as the recycle bin is empty??? and do I need to do anything about it, will it fill up? puter is 7months old, step by step instructions please not extreemly comp literate. Rod  -- roddy 
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May 19th 08, 02:49 PM
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"roddy" wrote in message
... HI, I get a message come up on my vista Acer, the Data d disk is nearly full, how do I cure this problem as the recycle bin is empty??? and do I need to do anything about it, will it fill up? puter is 7months old, step by step instructions please not extreemly comp literate. Rod -- roddy You have used a backup utility which, by default, has saved to a location other than the C drive. The backup utility has done its job correctly, BUT the only location other than C drive on your computer is the RECOVERY partition. The recovery partition is sized such that it will hold an image with which you can 'return to factory' while at the same time not prompting a 'disc full' message. You need to navigate to the D drive and remove any backups which you have sent to it. The warning messages will then stop.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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May 19th 08, 03:53 PM
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"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote in message
... BUT the only location other than C drive on your computer is the RECOVERY partition. Hmmm. Not necessarily. My Toshiba Satellite came, from the shop, with two partitions, and the D drive is NOT a "recovery" partition. Acer may be different, but the OP says it's called "Data" which to me says that it's not a recovery partition.... But the OP shouldn't be backing up to the only physical HDD anyway...
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May 19th 08, 04:17 PM
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Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
"roddy" wrote in message ... HI, I get a message come up on my vista Acer, the Data d disk is nearly full, how do I cure this problem as the recycle bin is empty??? and do I need to do anything about it, will it fill up? puter is 7months old, step by step instructions please not extreemly comp literate. Rod -- roddy You have used a backup utility which, by default, has saved to a location other than the C drive. The backup utility has done its job correctly, BUT the only location other than C drive on your computer is the RECOVERY partition. The recovery partition is sized such that it will hold an image with which you can 'return to factory' while at the same time not prompting a 'disc full' message. You need to navigate to the D drive and remove any backups which you have sent to it. The warning messages will then stop.. Not here on my Acer Aspire 7720 laptop....320 gig HD partitioned into two partitions (C: and D  plus a hidden 10 gig recovery partition. The D partition I use for my Ubuntu Linux install. AFAIK, the dual partition is standard from Acer....or in some cases there will be two separate HD's installed (this fact taken from their documentation). The "DATA" partition can store any kind of files that the C: partion can; it's just not bootable without some kind of boot loader installed. You are correct though in stating that the D "DATA" partition could be full of recovery files but then again it could be full of "Debbie does Dallas" type files too! grin Either way, the OP needs to dejunk his/her system or upgrade to additional storage. :-)
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May 19th 08, 09:39 PM
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"roddy" wrote in message
... Debbie bane of my life, dejunk is it an easy thing to do??? Rod:frown: -- roddy Relatively so.. dump old defunct backups.. save stuff to CD/DVD or an external USB drive.. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
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May 28th 08, 02:48 PM
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Mike Hi, I didn't reply straight away as I have been trying to find out how to dejunk, still none the wiser. I clicked the window, my files or all files on puter, box comes up recycle bin empty. I did have auto backup going (which I have stopped now), so can only think data d is full of old backups any ideas. -- roddy
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