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June 3rd 08, 01:53 AM
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d drive is full
my recovery d drive is full.what files Should be on this drive...what is safe
to delete. I'm sure I have been using that as a backup, which I have learned is not the thing to do!Please respond in terms a computer "dummy" can understand.I have file folders now under Dell,Windows,Program files,Sources,Tools, Users and MediaID.bin. What exactly is needed on this drive? 
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June 3rd 08, 02:38 AM
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d drive is full
Hmmm as far as I knew, Dell was still shipping recovery CDs or DVDs with their computers and not going with recovery partitions, unlike HP/Compaq, Acer, and many others. Are you sure it is a recovery partition, or is it just a secondary storage partition? Often recovery partitions are hidden, so without hidden files and folders visible, you wouldn't see them in My Computer. Many laptop manufacturers partition the main drive into 2 larger partitions, and the reasons vary. Acer in particular includes software that saves snapshots of user profiles and settings to drive D. It would not be uncommon for it to just be partition 2 and have no recovery function or files on that partition. Verify that you have recovery media in the form of CDs or DVDs. If you do, I'd question it. -- bad_the_ba
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June 3rd 08, 08:13 AM
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d drive is full
Dell has been "going" with Recovery Partitions for ages!!!!
-- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "bad_the_ba" wrote: Hmmm as far as I knew, Dell was still shipping recovery CDs or DVDs with their computers and not going with recovery partitions, unlike HP/Compaq, Acer, and many others. Are you sure it is a recovery partition, or is it just a secondary storage partition? Often recovery partitions are hidden, so without hidden files and folders visible, you wouldn't see them in My Computer. Many laptop manufacturers partition the main drive into 2 larger partitions, and the reasons vary. Acer in particular includes software that saves snapshots of user profiles and settings to drive D. It would not be uncommon for it to just be partition 2 and have no recovery function or files on that partition. Verify that you have recovery media in the form of CDs or DVDs. If you do, I'd question it. -- bad_the_ba
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June 3rd 08, 08:18 AM
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d drive is full
D: is the Recovery Partition to put your computer back to factory standards,
and for you to make Recovery disks from!!! Contact Dell about buying Recovery DVDs and/or fixing your Recovery Partition. They know exactly which files should be there, and which ones for you to delete! In future, buy an external Drive, and back up to that! -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "generalblue" wrote: my recovery d drive is full.what files Should be on this drive...what is safe to delete. I'm sure I have been using that as a backup, which I have learned is not the thing to do!Please respond in terms a computer "dummy" can understand.I have file folders now under Dell,Windows,Program files,Sources,Tools, Users and MediaID.bin. What exactly is needed on this drive?
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