Hi all,
Here is my issue summarized:
--I want to make sure I have the backup files I need on the D drive.
--I also want to figure out why I for some reason now have low disk space and what I could do to resolve that.
I am getting a message about low disk space left in recovery drive. I have an HP Pavilion dv 6305 us, running Vista Home Basic with a 32 bit system.
I don't actively use the recovery drive. I can't think of any reason why I would all of a sudden have low disk space.
I have used disk cleanup to delete files and have deleted all but the most recent restore point. It says I have 108 MB free of 6.26 GB.
I know the D drive is supposed to contain your Vista backup files (not your information, documents, etc.). I want to make sure that's what I have. Can anyone tell me what SHOULD be contained in the D drive and what it should look like? Here is what I have in the D drive (I have all hidden folders and files set to show):
--Folder: heedeelaptop (466 MB)
--Icon: Recovery (when I click on it, just a warning from HP about not deleting files in the recovery drive) (192 KB)
--MediaID.bin (528 bytes) Not sure what this file is.
The heedeelaptop folder contains a "Backup Set Folder". This folder contains "Backup Files" which contains 8 Backup file folders. Each folder contains a folder that says C, and then they have various folders in each which seem a little haphazard. Some of them contain files named HP, Hewlett-Packard, Documentation with numbers as the folder names, then letters that seem to relate to Mozilla Firefox, then HP Games shows up twice in other folders, etc.
I am just trying to make sure this is what is supposed to be on the D drive. I may have accidentally done a backup of my documents/pictures, etc. files onto the D drive a few weeks ago, and there were a few failed attempts so I'm not sure if the D drive could be taken up by these failed copies. Could I have overwritten the original backup files? The backup set files I have described are labeled May 10, 2009 (whereas I've had my laptop for almost 2 years now and I would think if the D drive contained the correct, original backup files, they would be labeled with a date back in 2007).
If anyone can offer any insight into this issue, I would greatly appreciate it!
Thank you!
Heidi
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