D Drive

[ferrisits]

The problem that you have with HP computers is that the D Drive has a floder created on the name of the computer. The files that are stored is stored into this Folder of the partition. Now, people might be wondering why this is stored in a different partition well it is simple. the back up tool or any application running has the location on the C Drive so if it tries to save in the same location there will be a loop back. The solution is simple just locate the Folder and delete it.

 

[Sound_Asleep]

on my recovery drive I can't access the folder
it's protected so i can't do anything to it
also if it just stays at 72.1mb then is it ok to just leave it?
because i used some of the tutorials on here to speed my laptop up
so it's fast and the cpu isn't overworked and the virtual memory is ok
i just hav low disk space on my D Drive
so shall I just leave it?
also the problem popped up
I have never needed to system restore or do any kind of restoring or backing up :D
hehe

 

[Chappy]

Hi S_A

You "can" access that partition, you just have be logged in as an Admin, and have hidden folders set to show.

But here's the burning question....have you ever done a Backup of your data using the Microsoft Backup tool?
The issue that Ferrisits has found and linked sounds exactly like what has happened here, but for this to be the case you (or somebody else with access) would have had to have done a Backup using that tool. Now, it's possible that you may have "accidentaly" started one and then cancelled it, which may well have created the folder in the D: drive, because just above this post you stated you've never done a restore or backup.
If that is the case then it realy is odd that you're getting that message, but I would still place my bets on that somehow that folder got created on your Recovery partition D:.

You could leave it and live with the warnings, but following the steps in the link Ferrisits gave earlier (Linked right here again for you, CLICK ME), I believe your issue will be resolved.

 

[Sound_Asleep]

oh, well I'm the only account on here
i'm the admin of the laptop and I've never backed it up lol
and i've never had a problem to cause me to have to do a system restore
to do a system restore it has a pop up asking if i'm sure
I had to do it to my cousins laptop and he has vista
it keeps it up by going are you sure? once this process has begun there is no way of reversing etc
but otherwise I can live with the pop up warning
it only pops up when I start my laptop, come out of sleep sometimes
very rarely put it to sleep and if it is put to sleep it's for less than an hour
but i can live with the pop up :D

if i go to the folder of my D Drive
i get this message
and I can't get past it

as you can see my D Drive is my recovery partition

Recovery Partition
Warning!

This area of your hard drive
(or partition) contains files used
for your PC Recovery.

Do not delete or alter these files.

Any change to this partition could
prevent any recovery later.

 

[wallstreetgeek]

okay chappy...you sound like you know what you are talking about but quite not sure.....

here is my problem and i believe sound_asleep is having the same problem as myself....i have been researching my annoying problem and have a possible idea on how to fix it but don't want to touch anything unless i am confident that i will not screw anything up....here it goes:

my D drive was empty (i believe) when i first purchased my pc (with vista OS). my computer is scheduled to backup my computer every so often....so as it created backups on the D drive it began filling up... recently i began getting messages that my D drive is full. the message comes up as a bubble from my task bar (showing an icon of a hard drive) and is something to the affect of "D: low disk space you are running out of drive D which has low disk space. click here to delete files" (don't quote me on the exact wording). i don't have enough memory create another backup. i clicked on it to delete files (window pops up to "delete my files, all files on computer,etc.) i would like to know if i can completely erase everything that is on the D drive and recreate an updated backup file (with the most recent files on my pc). i don't know if i am correct but the reason behind my wanting to delete all the files from my backup and creating a new one is because i feel that the latter backup will have the most recent information/updates/files from my pc in it. i'm trying understand how the backup drive (D) works. when new backups are created do they also store files that were already created in the previous backup? if so then the previous backups would be useless and just taking up space.

how can i stop these messages from popping up?

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME INFORMATION OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO STOP THE PROBLEM NOW AND FROM RECURRING?

 

[Sound_Asleep]

okay chappy...you sound like you know what you are talking about but quite not sure.....

here is my problem and i believe sound_asleep is having the same problem as myself....i have been researching my annoying problem and have a possible idea on how to fix it but don't want to touch anything unless i am confident that i will not screw anything up....here it goes:

my D drive was empty (i believe) when i first purchased my pc (with vista OS). my computer is scheduled to backup my computer every so often....so as it created backups on the D drive it began filling up... recently i began getting messages that my D drive is full. the message comes up as a bubble from my task bar (showing an icon of a hard drive) and is something to the affect of "D: low disk space you are running out of drive D which has low disk space. click here to delete files" (don't quote me on the exact wording). i don't have enough memory create another backup. i clicked on it to delete files (window pops up to "delete my files, all files on computer,etc.) i would like to know if i can completely erase everything that is on the D drive and recreate an updated backup file (with the most recent files on my pc). i don't know if i am correct but the reason behind my wanting to delete all the files from my backup and creating a new one is because i feel that the latter backup will have the most recent information/updates/files from my pc in it. i'm trying understand how the backup drive (D) works. when new backups are created do they also store files that were already created in the previous backup? if so then the previous backups would be useless and just taking up space.

how can i stop these messages from popping up?

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME INFORMATION OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO STOP THE PROBLEM NOW AND FROM RECURRING?

THAT is my exact problem right there
:D
but I didn't know it was something to do with back up files lol

 

[ferrisits]

You may follow the steps below to stop the error


1. Click Start and click Run.
2. Type in regedit and click OK.
3. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer.
4. From the File menu, point to New, and click DWORD Value.
5. Type in NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and press Enter.
6. Double click the new value.
7. Enter 1 and click OK.

 

[ferrisits]

I hope this will help out in clearing the doubt about the deleting of files in the D Drive :

1. Open Windows and log into an account with administrative rights (the account used to setup the computer will work).
2. Right-click Start and select Explore All Users.
3. Before you can remove the backup files and folders, set Windows to view hidden system files as follows:
a. From the explorer window press the Alt key to view the file menu.
b. Click Tools, and then select Folder Options.
c. Select the View tab.
d. Select Show hidden files and folders, remove the selection from Hide protected operating system files and then click OK.
4. From the Folder Options window in explorer, double-click Recovery (D.
5. In Recovery (D find a folder with the same name as the computer name . For example if the computer name is Pavilion_PC-PC, the folder that contains the backup files would be named Pavilion_PC-PC.
6. Select the folder that contains the name of the computer. Do not select any other folder or files. Only select the folder containing the backup files.
For example, if the computer name is Pavilion123, select the folder named Pavilion123.
7. With the folder selected, press Shift + Delete.
8. A Windows opens stating "You don't currently have permission to access this folder" opens. Click Continue.
9. Several confirmation windows open. Click Continue, and Yes until the folder is deleted.
10. Set Windows Folder Options back to their original setting as follows:
a. From the explorer window press Alt to view the file menu.
b. Click Tools, and then select Folder Options.
c. Select do not show hidden files and folders and select Hide protected operating system files.
d. Click OK.
11. Close explorer. The Out of Disk Space errors should no longer appear. If you would like to use the Microsoft Backup Tool again, open it and select a different external backup device other than Recovery.

 

[Sound_Asleep]

the whole of my D drive is the name of my laptop
nothing else in the folder/partition
Presario_D Drive
to delete that would completly delete my whole entire recovery system of my laptop
which sounds bad to be honest