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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#886965
On the laptop running Windows 7. There is

Local Disc C which has 42GB of 686GB used - no problem
Disc D is the DVD RW Drive

Local Disc E is a problem.
it is 11.9GB of 12GB used. Full. I assume it is a RAM chip type drive. It appears to have backup stuff on it

There is a folder D2D with a folder IMAGES that is full of .SWM files that take up nearly the whole E drive.

I do regular backups and Windows images to an external portable hard drive every few days.

Can I delete the .SWM files?
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theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#886973
helbus wrote:On the laptop running Windows 7. There is

Local Disc C which has 42GB of 686GB used - no problem
Disc D is the DVD RW Drive

Local Disc E is a problem.
it is 11.9GB of 12GB used. Full. I assume it is a RAM chip type drive. It appears to have backup stuff on it

There is a folder D2D with a folder IMAGES that is full of .SWM files that take up nearly the whole E drive.

I do regular backups and Windows images to an external portable hard drive every few days.

Can I delete the .SWM files?
Sounds like its a brand name laptop like Asus, Toshiba or something. Those files are very likely to be your OS recovery files on that partition.
Regards
theVman

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h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#886976
get a mac n see the light 😂
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theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#886977
helbus wrote:It is 18 months old ACER brand
Acer customizes the hard drive to include the recovery partition and some manufacturers even have special designations in the MBR for the recovery partition. Your E: Drive is Acers recovery partition. Its formatted with just enough space to fit the recovery files.
Regards
theVman

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#886981
h wrote:get a mac n see the light 😂
Pffft. I run my desktop on a Linux GNU based system. Mac can get lost along with Windows in my opinion.

Seven years of operating a Linux system with no cost, no virus, stability, no freeze, no crash, and I can change anything I want. Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian are free and stable.

This Windows laptop I have control of is just annoying.
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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#886982
theVman wrote:
helbus wrote:It is 18 months old ACER brand
Acer customizes the hard drive to include the recovery partition and some manufacturers even have special designations in the MBR for the recovery partition. Your E: Drive is Acers recovery partition. Its formatted with just enough space to fit the recovery files.
Give me a break, what is MBR? Can I delete the files? How do I recognise the recovery files to delete? Arrrrrgh Windows!!!!!
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SebastienPeek Custom Title Time!

1,657 posts · joined May 2011 ·

#886983
helbus,
I do enjoy a Linux box myself. I run Ubuntu as my in-house server. Freaking awesome for version controlling my software development stuff.
I also have it for running a full home theatre system off of (basically, can stream music, videos, images, everything to my PS3). I then have it setup as a gaming server as well, which is cool when friends come around and we just want to have a nerd sesh.

Only reason I have Mac is because that's where the money is for me at the moment. iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch software) is what I program for, apps and shit.

Linux > Windows.
Mac > Windows.
Mac = Linux.
The sold one, '73 VW 1303 - Zelda
The project, '74 VW 1303 - Gretl

SebastienPeek Custom Title Time!

1,657 posts · joined May 2011 ·

#886984
helbus wrote:Give me a break, what is MBR? Can I delete the files? How do I recognise the recovery files to delete? Arrrrrgh Windows!!!!!
I wouldn't touch that drive at all. That's just me though. Windows is shocking enough and I wouldn't want to screw it up any more by removing something that shouldn't be removed but isn't stated it shouldn't be removed...

My two cents.
The sold one, '73 VW 1303 - Zelda
The project, '74 VW 1303 - Gretl

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#886985
helbus wrote:On the laptop running Windows 7. There is

Local Disc C which has 42GB of 686GB used - no problem
Disc D is the DVD RW Drive

Local Disc E is a problem.
it is 11.9GB of 12GB used. Full. I assume it is a RAM chip type drive. It appears to have backup stuff on it

There is a folder D2D with a folder IMAGES that is full of .SWM files that take up nearly the whole E drive.

I do regular backups and Windows images to an external portable hard drive every few days.

Can I delete the .SWM files?
I'm not even a panel beater and still know nothing lol

I have a toshiba laptop with windows 7...
haven't a clue what I'm doing on that...lol
My Son is an IT person... but has given up even trying to tell me what He's doing to fix My computer... lol

cheers

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

narumi I'll do it tomorrow

138 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#887005
MBR: Master Boot Record ,what?
it's the thing that make your computer load windoze when you turn on
but it is elusive to me now different manufacture implement it.

leave it alone and buy an external drive if you are running out of space

off course it doesn't help if your physical drive fail and make clicking noise
specially bad when you have an assignment on it and no external back up

also, I run 11.10 Ubuntu as a dual boot with Win7, I need both

ps Don't download more RAM

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#887008
I sometimes have trouble opening windows, probably because I have arthritis......but then, I'm only a panelbeater.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

bitemeoz Officially Full-On Dubber

355 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#887013
I wouldnt touch the e: if you want to restore your PC at some stage. No big deal its only 12Gb just leave it and use c:.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#887043
helbus wrote:
h wrote:get a mac n see the light 😂
Pffft. I run my desktop on a Linux GNU based system. Mac can get lost along with Windows in my opinion.

Seven years of operating a Linux system with no cost, no virus, stability, no freeze, no crash, and I can change anything I want. Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian are free and stable.

This Windows laptop I have control of is just annoying.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#887058
HappyDaze wrote:I sometimes have trouble opening windows, probably because I have arthritis......but then, I'm only a panelbeater.
😂
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Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com

Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity

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robb Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#887059
i have 2 cans and a long piece of string.

theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#887074
helbus wrote:
theVman wrote:
helbus wrote:It is 18 months old ACER brand
Acer customizes the hard drive to include the recovery partition and some manufacturers even have special designations in the MBR for the recovery partition. Your E: Drive is Acers recovery partition. Its formatted with just enough space to fit the recovery files.
Give me a break, what is MBR? Can I delete the files? How do I recognise the recovery files to delete? Arrrrrgh Windows!!!!!
MBR = Master Boot Record

SebastienPeek and bitemeoz are correct.
Regards
theVman

1969 Beetle (soon to be Volksrod)
www.adlerbike.com/volksrod
www.installsmith.com

helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#887139
The annoying thing is every time I touch the laptop it keeps telling me Drive E is full, and to sort it out blah blah. The popups are really annoying, as they are constantly in my face. It must be a RAM, being only 12GB. I have all backup images done every few days on an external portable drive.

Can I just delete the .SWM files to stop the persistent popups? It is nearly as bad as my 5 YO son with his "I'm hungry"
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bitemeoz Officially Full-On Dubber

355 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#887171
From the web below, as i said if you dont think or want to ever recover your laptop then you can remove them.


SWM file is a Splitted Windows Imaging File. The Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format. It was developed by Microsoft to deploy its latest Windows operating system releases, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, which use it as part of their standard installation procedure. If the created .wim file is too large for your selected media, you can split the file into smaller files for spanning across multiple media.

theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 ·

#887190
helbus wrote:The annoying thing is every time I touch the laptop it keeps telling me Drive E is full, and to sort it out blah blah. The popups are really annoying, as they are constantly in my face. It must be a RAM, being only 12GB. I have all backup images done every few days on an external portable drive.

Can I just delete the .SWM files to stop the persistent popups? It is nearly as bad as my 5 YO son with his "I'm hungry"
You have a number of options:

1. Hide the partition

Use this tool TweakUI

2. Turn off the system messages

Use this procedure disable-low-disk-space-notification

3. Delete the files
Ensure you have the OS media and serial to reinstall from if needed and realise the in built OS recovery will no longer work.

4. Format and install linux
I think you know how.
Regards
theVman

1969 Beetle (soon to be Volksrod)
www.adlerbike.com/volksrod
www.installsmith.com

narumi I'll do it tomorrow

138 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#887202
download more RAM