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I backed up my files, and it went ok, then I clicked in Restore, for no other reason than I thought, if I backup my files, they must need restoring.............
After a few minutes, Windows Vista tells me that my Recovery drive [D] is full....................
Question: How do I apply more space to my recovery drive? Is there such a thing? Thank you,
As I mentioned in your other post, the D drive is just there as a backup of the factory configuration. It's not meant as a drive for a full backup of what's on your c: drive, nor was it meant to be erased, nor in this case, meant for you to restore a backup to.
Which brings the new question ... where did you backup your C: drive to? If it's somewhere on the C: drive, then that's akin to putting a spare car key inside your car. So in case you lock yourself out of your car, you can always get your spare key ... that's locked in your car .
I backed up my files, and it went ok, then I clicked in Restore, for no other reason than I thought, if I backup my files, they must need restoring.............
After a few minutes, Windows Vista tells me that my Recovery drive [D] is full....................
Question: How do I apply more space to my recovery drive? Is there such a thing? Thank you,
You don't, you should not be adding, removing, or messing with your recovery partition (drive as you call it) at all. Where did you back up your files to?
You don't, you should not be adding, removing, or messing with your recovery partition (drive as you call it) at all. Where did you back up your files to?
How do I find that information out?
Windows asked me if I wanted to have my backup drive disabled, so I agreed because I was getting a flash telling me that my Recovery D drive was full. Right now, it is DISABLED.
At this point in time, I only remembered seeing two choices: Drive C, and Recovery Partition D. I tried to contact Gateway, but I have to pay to get technical information, and the support system present for free, is no good. My computer has some basic information about it, but Gateway only said that the drive is made out of two parts. It never said not to back up onto either one. .........Gateway was NOT very solicitious, in giving directions for beginners. Know I now......
If I had a WARNING on the information, I would have never backed onto it.
Do you think I should invest in an External Hard Drive, and try to back up to it? And if so, which one should I buy? Do I buy 500 gb, or one terrabyte? I have Windows Home Premium, with one gb of memory. Thank you,
Windows asked me if I wanted to have my backup drive disabled, so I agreed because I was getting a flash telling me that my Recovery D drive was full. Right now, it is DISABLED.
At this point in time, I only remembered seeing two choices: Drive C, and Recovery Partition D. I tried to contact Gateway, but I have to pay to get technical information, and the support system present for free, is no good. My computer has some basic information about it, but Gateway only said that the drive is made out of two parts. It never said not to back up onto either one. .........Gateway was NOT very solicitious, in giving directions for beginners. Know I now......
If I had a WARNING on the information, I would have never backed onto it.
Do you think I should invest in an External Hard Drive, and try to back up to it? And if so, which one should I buy? Do I buy 500 gb, or one terrabyte? I have Windows Home Premium, with one gb of memory. Thank you,
There is absolutely ZERO point in doing a backup if your doing the backup to the same drive your running on, if the drive fails your backup is gone. Your right on the mark with an external hard drive, use it for a backup of your PC.
There is absolutely ZERO point in doing a backup if your doing the backup to the same drive your running on, if the drive fails your backup is gone. Your right on the mark with an external hard drive, use it for a backup of your PC.
Which one do you recommend, and how many gigabytes or terrabytes should I buy? thanks,
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There is absolutely ZERO point in doing a backup if your doing the backup to the same drive your running on, if the drive fails your backup is gone. Your right on the mark with an external hard drive, use it for a backup of your PC.
Sometimes snapshot backups of the C: drive are good things to do before adding new device drivers, installing major new applications, etc.
In that case, putting the backup files on the C: drive is okay, since the reason for a restore is to recover an old configuration, not recover from a hardware failure.
I typically recommend putting backups on a different hardware device, or at least a different partition, but with some users and machine configurations those aren't really easy options.
Last edited by rcsteiner; 08-21-2010 at 05:48 PM..
Reason: Corrected a misspelling.
Sometimes snapshot backups of the C: drive are good things to do before adding new device drivers, installing major new applications, etc.
In that case, putting the backup files on the C: drive is okay, since the reason for a restore is to recover an old configuration, not recover from a hardware failure.
I typically recommend putting backups on a different hardware device, or at least a different partition, but with some users and machine configurations those aren't really easy options.
Setting a system restore point is usually more than adequate for these situations, but if you get in the habit of keeping any backups off the system drive then you'll be in good shape.
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Setting a system restore point is usually more than adequate for these situations, but if you get in the habit of keeping any backups off the system drive then you'll be in good shape.
I would rather trust a third party partition imaging program than Microsoft's built-in snapshot functionality. 22 years of using Windows (and encountering its many idiosyncrasies) has made me quite cautious about such things.
(I started with Windows/286 2.1 and MS-DOS 3.3)
Backups of any kind are usually better than no backups, though.
My Book Essential 500 gb Desktop External Hard Drive, with USB 2.0. I found it in the Internet for $55, new. Do you think this is a good idea for my Windows Vista Home Premium, and if not, tell me WHY NOT , and recommend another one. Thank you,
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