Recovery Drive Full: 3 Ways to Free up Space on it

Decongest the Recovery drive in easy steps

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Users have reported encountering the error message Recovery drive is full on Windows 10. This should not be confused with thelow disk space message.

The first error code deals with the specific Recovery drive, and the second message relates to the general space availability on your PC’s hard drive.

The Recovery drive is a separate partition stored on your PC that contains all the files needed for you to be able to fully restore your PC if your system becomes unstable for some reason.

This article will explore the best methods to deal with this issue. Please follow these steps closely to avoid causing any other problems to your system.

Why is my Recovery D drive so full?

Users have reported a few elements that contribute to this problem, some of them include:

Whichever the case is, you should try the solutions that we suggest below. This problem cuts across different brands as users have experienced Recovery drive full on HP, Dell, ASUS, etc.

What can I do if my Recovery drive is full?

1. Manually move files from the Recovery drive

Note:Make sure not to delete files associated with system recovery. These include:$RECYCLE.BIN, boot, hp, EFI, Factory Update, preload, Recovery, RM_Reserve, system.sav, bootmgr, RMCStatus.bin, BT_HP.FLG, CSP.DAT, DeployRp, HP_WSD.dat, HPSF_Rep, language, or RPCONFIG.

2. Run Disk Cleanup

3. Run a full scan

The first two solutions cover all possibilities, but there is also a third scenario that you might encounter and we dare say it’s even more frustrating. It happens when the Recovery drive is said to be full, but you cannot find any files to delete or remove.

Checking for malware becomes a viable alternative.

In this article, we explored some quick methods to ensure you’ll never get theRecovery drive is fullerror ever again.

Follow the steps presented in this article closely to avoid deleting any useful backup files from your Recovery drive.

We would love to know if this guide helped you solve your issue. Please feel free to let us know by using the comment section found below.

Recovery Drive Full: 3 Ways to Free up Space on it#

Why is my Recovery D drive so full?#

What can I do if my Recovery drive is full?#

1. Manually move files from the Recovery drive#

2. Run Disk Cleanup#

3. Run a full scan#