"propman" wrote in message ...
Gordon wrote:

"Cassie" wrote in message
...
I've been trying to back up my laptop since I bought it last year, but
the
first time I did it, it said "backup failed" (I didn't look at why,
just gave
up) and since then, every week when it does its sad little attempt to
back
up, it says "last backup failed".

I finally decided to give it another crack tonight, but when I looked
at the
D drive, it said that I only had 1.28GB free of just over 5GB. I
looked in
the file to see if there was anything I could get rid of so I could start
from scratch, but apparently there's nothing in there apart from the
little
RECOVERY file (87kb) which it says I shouldn't touch, so I'm not going
to!

I am completely computer deficient and I have no idea about anything!!
I'd
be really grateful if someone could give me a clue (in Vista Backup for
Dummies terms) as to what's happening here and how I can FINALLY back
up my
laptop, and maybe even begin to love it like I should!!

THANK YOU!!

DO NOT TOUCH THE D DRIVE!!!!!!!!
This is the hidden partition set by your computer vendor to enable you
to restore your computer to factory specification.

.....how would the OP be seeing that the hidden partition without using
partitioning software? As she states "I am completely computer
deficient". :-)


The restore partition is not always hidden. On HP machines it is frequently visible and can be accessed.
(another dumb HP feature)