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‎03-21-2026 06:33 AM

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My recovery disc has 17.8 GB used and 14.1 GB free. Can I use the free space for Documents backup?

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‎03-22-2026 05:47 AM

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That partition is reserved for Recovery files only.  It would be unusual for that much free space to be available.  I think the space might be 14.1MB.


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‎03-21-2026 07:08 AM

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The partition is optimized for recovery tools that expect specific contents and structure, and extra files might disrupt boot environments or reset functions. So, better to avoid that

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‎03-22-2026 05:47 AM

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That partition is reserved for Recovery files only.  It would be unusual for that much free space to be available.  I think the space might be 14.1MB.


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