Disk Cleanup automatically chooses the drive
Disk Cleanup automatically chooses the drive
I'm trying to release space on a recovery partition on my colleague's workstation drive, but it's nearly full. When I use Disk Cleanup, it automatically picks the main OS partition (C
and doesn't let me choose another one. Is there a way to select the desired partition instead? Also, is it necessary to free up space on a recovery partition? Thank you.
Hello,
I'm trying to release space on a recovery partition on my colleague's workstation drive, but it's nearly full. When I use Disk Cleanup, it automatically picks the main OS partition (C and doesn't let me choose another one. Is there a way to select the desired partition instead? Also, is it necessary to free up space on a recovery partition? Thank you.
Zephyrinius
03-21-2016, 09:47 AM #2I discovered a manual guide on how to free up space on the recovery drive. There are three methods mentioned to remove files from that partition.
RoyalUmbreon
03-21-2016, 05:46 PM #3Try accessing This PC, then click right-click on the drive, select Properties, then Disk Cleanup. You should be able to pick the desired drive from the dropdown menu and view a Drive Selection window. Also, check Device Manager to confirm the correct number of drives are listed for your workstation.
gavin_shaka
03-21-2016, 09:58 PM #4The 'Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection' window is ignored each time I launch it. Additionally, the recovery partition appears in Disk Management but not in File Explorer, meaning I can't perform any actions there at the moment.