Hard Drive

I have an Acer Aspre 7730
it has 2 partitions that are each 69.52GB
one has 22gb free
which is backups of my files
there's about 3 backups on that partition
on my C: drive it has 9GB free
this varies some days
sometimes it goes up and down
though I don't understand why
my system restore was put from 15GB to 5GB
and this is fine for me
I defragment and disk clean alot
I have 15GB of music and pictures
when I first got the laptop there was about 9GB already filled
so where has the rest of the space gone?
all my friends laptops have 120GB and they have about 100GB left
what's happend to mine and how can I get it back?


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Sound_Asleep

"Sound_Asleep" <> wrote in message
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> I have an Acer Aspre 7730
> it has 2 partitions that are each 69.52GB
> one has 22gb free
> which is backups of my files
> there's about 3 backups on that partition
> on my C: drive it has 9GB free
> this varies some days
> sometimes it goes up and down
> though I don't understand why
> my system restore was put from 15GB to 5GB
> and this is fine for me
> I defragment and disk clean alot
> I have 15GB of music and pictures
> when I first got the laptop there was about 9GB already filled
> so where has the rest of the space gone?
> all my friends laptops have 120GB and they have about 100GB left
> what's happend to mine and how can I get it back?
>
>
> --
> Sound_Asleep

keeping your backups on your working hard drive is a recipe for disaster

Sound_Asleep wrote:
> I have an Acer Aspre 7730
> it has 2 partitions that are each 69.52GB
> one has 22gb free
> which is backups of my files

Bad idea. You should back up to an external hard drive instead.

> there's about 3 backups on that partition
> on my C: drive it has 9GB free
> this varies some days
> sometimes it goes up and down
> though I don't understand why
> my system restore was put from 15GB to 5GB

1 GB is enough.

> and this is fine for me
> I defragment and disk clean alot
> I have 15GB of music and pictures
> when I first got the laptop there was about 9GB already filled
> so where has the rest of the space gone?
> all my friends laptops have 120GB and they have about 100GB left
> what's happend to mine and how can I get it back?

Take your computer to a professional.

Alias
>
>

there's 2 hard drives
1 recovery
and 1 main
the back ups are on the recovery


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Sound_Asleep

Sound_Asleep <> wrote in
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> there's 2 hard drives
> 1 recovery
> and 1 main
> the back ups are on the recovery
>
>

There isn't two hard drives. It's a laptop.

There is one physical HD divided (or partitioned) into two drives.

If one goes.....they both go.

Sound_Asleep wrote:
> there's 2 hard drives
> 1 recovery
> and 1 main
> the back ups are on the recovery
>
>

Those are two partitions on the same drive. You shouldn't be messing
with the recovery partition. Do yourself a favor and buy an external USB
hard drive and back up your data there, not on the ONE hard drive you
have in your laptop.

Alias

Well my Dell M2010 laptop has 2 HD's.....HMMMM

"DanS" <> wrote in message
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> Sound_Asleep <> wrote in
> news::
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>> there's 2 hard drives
>> 1 recovery
>> and 1 main
>> the back ups are on the recovery
>>
>>
>
> There isn't two hard drives. It's a laptop.
>
> There is one physical HD divided (or partitioned) into two drives.
>
> If one goes.....they both go.
>
>
>
>

That is the way Acer computers come configured from the factory. I don't
know why Acer does this. I don't like it either. As someone else mentioned
storing your backups on the same hard drive you are backing up is a very
poor practice. My recommendation would be to obtain a disk imaging program
and a portable USB hard drive. Make an image of all the partitions to the
USB drive. There are actually three. The Acer factory partition, C:, and D:.
I would then delete the D: partition and restore the image of C: to the
whole drive except for the Acer factory partition. There are a few pitfalls
you may run into while doing this. You may want to get some help from a
friend who has a better understanding of how partitions work. Failing this
you may be better off to have a professional set this up for you. Once set
up you could then use the imaging program to do regular backups to the USB
drive.

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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Sound_Asleep" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I have an Acer Aspre 7730
> it has 2 partitions that are each 69.52GB
> one has 22gb free
> which is backups of my files
> there's about 3 backups on that partition
> on my C: drive it has 9GB free
> this varies some days
> sometimes it goes up and down
> though I don't understand why
> my system restore was put from 15GB to 5GB
> and this is fine for me
> I defragment and disk clean alot
> I have 15GB of music and pictures
> when I first got the laptop there was about 9GB already filled
> so where has the rest of the space gone?
> all my friends laptops have 120GB and they have about 100GB left
> what's happend to mine and how can I get it back?
>
>
> --
> Sound_Asleep

"Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
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> That is the way Acer computers come configured from the factory. I don't
> know why Acer does this. I don't like it either. As someone else mentioned
> storing your backups on the same hard drive you are backing up is a very
> poor practice. My recommendation would be to obtain a disk imaging program
> and a portable USB hard drive. Make an image of all the partitions to the
> USB drive. There are actually three. The Acer factory partition, C:, and
> D:. I would then delete the D: partition and restore the image of C: to
> the whole drive except for the Acer factory partition. There are a few
> pitfalls you may run into while doing this. You may want to get some help
> from a friend who has a better understanding of how partitions work.
> Failing this you may be better off to have a professional set this up for
> you. Once set up you could then use the imaging program to do regular
> backups to the USB drive.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
> "Sound_Asleep" <> wrote in message
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on my laptop I use Casper to clone my drive to an external. If the drive in
my computer goes bellyup I just remove it...very easy on a Dell
C610...instal the backup drive and away I go. The only things missing would
be any data written since the last backup. I had a hard drive failure about
a year ago and Casper saved my bacon. Making an updated clone of about 30gb
takes less than 5 minutes after the initial backup has been made

"DanS" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9C16544C4C2BAthisnthatroadrunnern@85.214.1 05.209...
> Sound_Asleep <> wrote in
> news::
>
>>
>> there's 2 hard drives
>> 1 recovery
>> and 1 main
>> the back ups are on the recovery
>>
>>
>
> There isn't two hard drives. It's a laptop.
>
> There is one physical HD divided (or partitioned) into two drives.
>
> If one goes.....they both go.
>
>
>
>

It all depends on your definition of "go." If the hard drive fails, of
course all partitions are included.

However, if "go" means a non-bootable windows, than data or anything else on
the other partitions is not impacted.

Among other places that take up space are pics, music, recycle bin, temp
files reached at %temp%, temp internet files. An app like Dx Hog Hunt is
useful for IDing all space takers and specifically what they are.

CH