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Guest
Why do I get the error message "low disk space drive d:"?
and what do I do to stop this message?
and what do I do to stop this message?
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Tiberius
how much space does your D drive have?
your hard disk D must be almost full...
you can move or delete some files to make space..
you can also stop that message from appearing on the drive but I dont think
its a good idea to do that.
your hard disk D must be almost full...
you can move or delete some files to make space..
you can also stop that message from appearing on the drive but I dont think
its a good idea to do that.
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Michael
Rose,
The D: drive is probably a restore partition that would allow you to restore
your computer to the condition in which you bought it (losing all work that
you have done). It is there for emergency use if your system is messed up to
the point of being unusable.
The partition should just be big enough to hold the initial configuration (a
few GB).
It is possible that you have set your system to 'backup' the C: drive - not
an unreasonable idea, however that usually results in the system drying to
back up to the D: drive which is too small. As the D: drive fills up an
automatic check of space available fails and you start getting this error.
First if the D: drive is one that you actually use for data and is a large
partition don't take these recommendations (they won't hurt but you would
have to undo them).
What you want to do is make the partition with the restore data on it
'invisible to the normal operating system. You do NOT want to destroy this
partition/data just make it go away under normal conditions. That way the
system will not check it for available space and not natter at you.
Start Orb
type
Computer Management
and enter
accept the UAC prompt
under the heading Storage select Disk Management
for the entry for Disk 0 you should see two or more segments (partitions)
One of them should be labeled D: check that it is fairly small (say 10GB)
It should also report that it is a Healthy (Primary partition) it should not
be any of
System,boot,page file,active.
If all this seems correct, right click on the area of the current D: drive,
select Change Drive Letter and Paths, highlight the 'D' line and then the
remove button.
This will make the partition invisible but will NOT destroy the partition or
affect the data in it.
Follow the steps and add d: back if you experience system problems.
Michael
The D: drive is probably a restore partition that would allow you to restore
your computer to the condition in which you bought it (losing all work that
you have done). It is there for emergency use if your system is messed up to
the point of being unusable.
The partition should just be big enough to hold the initial configuration (a
few GB).
It is possible that you have set your system to 'backup' the C: drive - not
an unreasonable idea, however that usually results in the system drying to
back up to the D: drive which is too small. As the D: drive fills up an
automatic check of space available fails and you start getting this error.
First if the D: drive is one that you actually use for data and is a large
partition don't take these recommendations (they won't hurt but you would
have to undo them).
What you want to do is make the partition with the restore data on it
'invisible to the normal operating system. You do NOT want to destroy this
partition/data just make it go away under normal conditions. That way the
system will not check it for available space and not natter at you.
Start Orb
type
Computer Management
and enter
accept the UAC prompt
under the heading Storage select Disk Management
for the entry for Disk 0 you should see two or more segments (partitions)
One of them should be labeled D: check that it is fairly small (say 10GB)
It should also report that it is a Healthy (Primary partition) it should not
be any of
System,boot,page file,active.
If all this seems correct, right click on the area of the current D: drive,
select Change Drive Letter and Paths, highlight the 'D' line and then the
remove button.
This will make the partition invisible but will NOT destroy the partition or
affect the data in it.
Follow the steps and add d: back if you experience system problems.
Michael
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Rick Rogers
Hi Rose,
What is drive D:? An optical drive, physical drive, or other volume on your
primary drive?
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
What is drive D:? An optical drive, physical drive, or other volume on your
primary drive?
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
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Chad Harris
LOL Rose--I wish we were smart enough to know how you have your hard drive
or drives configured.
Try this so you can tell us. Diskmanagement that is part of Vista shows
your drive spaces and allocations. Hit windows key+r>in run box type
diskmgmt.msc and post what you see there. There should also have been info
that came with the computer from the manufacturer and most of them assign a
small amount of disk space for a so-called hidden partition that is supposed
to have recovery material on it that seldom works.
Also what do you have installed on whatever drives that you have? How many
drives have you divided that hard disc into if there is only one hard drive?
CH
or drives configured.
Try this so you can tell us. Diskmanagement that is part of Vista shows
your drive spaces and allocations. Hit windows key+r>in run box type
diskmgmt.msc and post what you see there. There should also have been info
that came with the computer from the manufacturer and most of them assign a
small amount of disk space for a so-called hidden partition that is supposed
to have recovery material on it that seldom works.
Also what do you have installed on whatever drives that you have? How many
drives have you divided that hard disc into if there is only one hard drive?
CH
G
Guest
hi rose ,it's very simple really ,i had the same issue when i got my laptop
all that's happening is your automatic file backup is doing regular backups
to a drive that isn't big enough (that would be you're d drive which is only
there to hold a recovery partion) simply turn of backups to that drive and
configure it to another drive (not c drive)if you don't have another drive
then you can backup to disc .if you are going to use discs then you can turn
off backup and just turn on when needed hope this helps
all that's happening is your automatic file backup is doing regular backups
to a drive that isn't big enough (that would be you're d drive which is only
there to hold a recovery partion) simply turn of backups to that drive and
configure it to another drive (not c drive)if you don't have another drive
then you can backup to disc .if you are going to use discs then you can turn
off backup and just turn on when needed hope this helps
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