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02-26-2012 03:00 PM
Hp Pavilion Kikuyu Prod. No. EXCUSEA#ABA windows 7 home premium
The recovery D is showing in Red Iamb free of 12.6 KGB.
Can you advise me on how this has happened and how to correct it? I have never had to use the recovery option.
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02-27-2012 09:09 AM
If your pc is not malfunctioning then I would leave it the way it is. Sometimes, because the recovery partition of the hard drive is almost completely full (which it is designed to be), it will be red. It's the same as if you insert a thumb drive that is almost full. The disk space will show up in red. I encourage you not to remove anything from that partition.
02-26-2012 08:50 PM
The most likely thing is that something is writing to the d: drive (HP Recovery) that shouldn't be writing to it. Stop whatever is writing to the drive and attempt to remove the items not associated with the HP Recovery files.
Frank
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02-27-2012 09:09 AM
If your pc is not malfunctioning then I would leave it the way it is. Sometimes, because the recovery partition of the hard drive is almost completely full (which it is designed to be), it will be red. It's the same as if you insert a thumb drive that is almost full. The disk space will show up in red. I encourage you not to remove anything from that partition.
02-27-2012 03:20 PM - edited 02-28-2012 08:25 PM
As I previously stated, the HP Recovery partition isn't supposed to be written to. Also, on every HP computer I have owned (over 10 of them), the partitions never became more full and never turned red. The HP Recovery partition typically is hidden and/or protected and is larger than the recovery files by a couple of GB's. Again, it should never turn red and only does so because some process is writing to it. I stand by my original statement that the rogue process(es) need to be identified and terminated, and that the non HP recovery files should be removed. If you leave the system as is, and the partition fills up, you run the risk of not being able to use the recovery partition if needed.
If you haven't already made your HP Recovery Disc set, I encourage you to do so at this time. This will allow you to recover the system even if the recovery partition becomes damaged or corrupt.
Frank
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02-28-2012 08:35 AM - last edited on 02-21-2017 05:09 PM by OscarFuentes
Just a couple of things that may help. A user in this post thought along the same lines as i am. Read the post at the bottom. The customer never attempted a backup or intentionally/ knowingly put any files in the recovery partition but it was red
If you are receiving alerts/ errors about low disk space or just did a backup or both, these support documents can help. Disregard if not.
10-25-2013 07:15 AM
01-06-2015 05:34 PM
Not very computer literate. I bought an external c drive (at the suggestion of a Computer geek. did nothing to remove the RED from the Recovery bar.
How do I discover what is writing to the partition?
How do I identify and terminate?
What are non HP recovery files?
How do I make an HP Recovery Disc set?
Hope you can help. Margaret