Before you grow or shrink a drive, you should always backup the system in case anything goes wrong.Īs for your second question: upgrading to a new version of Windows will not resolve the 'disk is full' error message, unless you deleted all partitions on the drive (including the recovery partition). Another option is to shrink the C drive and then expand D drive using Windows Disk Management, or by using a partition management program.
just be careful which files you delete. If you downloaded or copied files onto the D drive, you can either move them over to C, or delete them to free up space In general, it is not recommended that you delete any files from the recovery drive, as it contains disk image files used to restore your system to default configuration when you first purchased the computer.
Can I delete files on my recovery drive? Also, if I upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8, will it stop the 'disk is full' error messages? Thank You. I get frequently recurring messages that my D drive (recovery drive) is full.
