恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}是硬盘驱动器上的一个特殊分区，它通常包含所有必需的文件，这些文件可以在您的系统因任何原因变得不稳定的情况下完全恢复您的Windows PC。这是必不可少的；为什么这样？答案很简单！不幸的是，如果您的 PC 遇到硬件故障或任何重大问题，恢复文件将有助于重新安装Windows。但是，如果您收到Windows消息中的^(Windows)恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}已满，那么这篇文章将帮助您解决它。

为什么恢复驱动器已满？

恢复驱动器通常不可见，但如果可以看到，则永远不要使用它。Windows不会对驱动器进行任何更改，但如果恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}已满，请在文件^(File)中打开，浏览并找到您的个人文件，然后将其删除。

^{(Recovery Drive)}Windows 11/10恢复驱动器已满

如果您在Windows11/10Recovery Drive is full警告，则表示Recovery Disk 没有剩余空间。这可能很烦人，因为您会经常收到警告，但好在您可以通过多种方式解决此问题。即使恢复^(Recovery)驱动器未满，也可能发生这种情况。

1. ^(Remove)从文件资源管理器中^{(File Explorer)}删除或删除恢复驱动器^{(Remove Recovery Drive)}
2. 使用磁盘管理^{(Disk Management)}扩展恢复^(Recovery)分区
3. 禁用系统保护
4. 运行磁盘清理
5. 删除恢复驱动器

在这篇文章中，您将获得有关使用这些解决方案摆脱恢复驱动器完整问题的完整指南。为此，始终建议备份您存储的信息。^{(backup your stored information.)}如果该过程在两者之间停止，则可能导致数据丢失。让我们更详细地讨论这个问题。

1]从文件资源管理器中隐藏或删除恢复驱动器^{(1] Hide or Remove Recovery Drive from File Explorer)}

避免恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}已满警告的最佳方法之一是使用从文件资源管理器中^{(File Explorer)}删除驱动^{(Remove Drive)}器号。这不会删除驱动器或其数据。它只会删除驱动器号。

• 单击开始，键入diskmgmt.msc，然后回车以打开磁盘管理。^{(open Disk Management.)}
• 在窗口的下半部分附近，您会找到驱动器列表^{(list of drives)}。从列表中找到要删除的驱动器号，然后单击左键将其选中。 
• 突出显示后，右键单击它并选择更改字母和路径。^{(Change Letters and Paths.)}
• 将出现一个新窗口，选择相同的驱动器号；单击删除按钮^{(Remove button)}从 Windows 文件资源管理器^{(remove the drive letter from the Windows File Explorer.)}中删除驱动器号。^{(remove the drive letter)}
• 您将收到警告——某些依赖驱动器号的程序可能无法正确运行；您确定要删除此驱动器号吗？Click Yes!
• 关闭磁盘管理窗口，进入PC/My Computer；你会发现从那里删除的驱动器号。            ^{(find the drive letter removed from there.            )}

不再有关于磁盘空间的警告。

阅读^(Read)：How to use Recovery Drive to restore Windows 11/10

2]使用磁盘管理^{(Disk Management)}扩展恢复分区^{(Extend Recovery Partition)}

扩展恢复分区是从系统中清除磁盘空间不足警告的最佳且安全的方法。 您可以借助内置的磁盘管理^{(Disk Management)}实用程序轻松增加恢复分区的空间。^(Recovery)

1. 在 Windows 中使用Win+R打开运行提示
2. 在其中输入compmgmt.msc并按 Enter 键
3. 选择存储下的磁盘管理^{(Disk Management)}
4.  现在从存储中打开 磁盘管理。^{(Disk Management)}
5. 请右键单击恢复分区^{(Recovery Partition)}，然后选择扩展它。^{(choose to Extend it.)}
6. 它将启动扩展卷向导，^{(Extend Volume Wizard,)}您可以在其中选择磁盘以及可以从哪里占用空间。
7. 选择它，然后单击以添加它。然后填写最终尺寸，点击下一步^(Next)

发布这个；它将经过一个漫长的过程来清除物理空间，然后将其添加到恢复分区。

也就是说，你应该知道，如果你想扩展分区空间，你需要在同一个磁盘上有空闲空间。即使您在第二个磁盘上有足够的空间，也不可能扩展或添加分区。如果绝对有必要，您可以使用收缩^(Shrink)卷功能在恢复旁边释放一些空间，然后合并或扩展分区。

阅读^(Read)：我们无法创建恢复驱动器，创建恢复驱动器时出现问题^{(We can’t create the Recovery drive, A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive)}。

3]禁用系统保护

为避免Windows 10/11的恢复驱动器警告磁盘空间不足，您可以禁用系统保护。

1. 按^(Press)Windows键并键入System Restore。当它出现在结果中时单击它。^(Click)
2. 它将显示保护打开的驱动器列表。选择恢复^(RECOVERY)驱动器，然后单击配置^(Configure)按钮。
3. 这将显示所选驱动器的系统^(System)保护。您有几个选择来恢复空间。
   • 禁用系统保护
   • 减少分配的空间量
   • 删除所有还原点。

^{(System Restore)}恢复分区^{(Recovery Partition)}不需要系统还原，因此您可以选择禁用它。确保删除现有的还原点。

阅读^(Read)：我们无法在这台 PC 上创建恢复驱动器，缺少一些必需的文件^{(We can’t create a Recovery drive on this PC, Some required files are missing)}。

4]运行磁盘清理^{(Run Disk Cleanup)}以释放恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}上的磁盘空间^{(Disk Space)}

每当您的恢复驱动器^(Drive)空间不足时，您都可以运行内置的磁盘清理程序来扫描驱动器并删除不必要的文件。

1. 按“Win+R”打开运行^(Run)， 在运行^(Run)框输入cleanmgr ，回车^(Enter)打开清理程序。
2. 现在从下拉列表中选择恢复驱动器，然后单击“确定”。^{(Recovery drive)}
3. 然后程序将扫描并让您知道可以释放多少空间。
4. 选择^(Choose)不需要的文件，然后单击确定以释放Windows中恢复驱动器上的空间。      

您需要小心您在此处删除的内容。

阅读^(Read)：How to create a System Recovery Drive in Windows 11/10

5]删除恢复驱动器

删除恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}是您避免恢复驱动器的另一种选择是一个完整的警告。但是，请务必在使用此方法之前备份分区。

1. 按^(Press)开始按钮，然后键入Disk ^(Start)Management^{(Disk Management)}。
2. 点击^(Click)创建和格式化^(Create)硬盘分区
3. 选择恢复^(Recovery)分区，右键单击选定的驱动器卷，然后单击删除^(Delete)卷选项。 
4. 确认^(Confirm)，它将删除恢复分区。

如果我删除恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}会怎样？

很多人通常会问，“他们可以删除恢复驱动器吗？”答案是肯定的！您可以毫无问题地删除恢复驱动器。删除恢复驱动器永远不会影响您的操作系统。尽管如此，始终建议^{(Recovery Drive is always recommended)}保留恢复驱动器，因为它有助于在崩溃时恢复，重新安装OEM驱动程序等。

如何清理恢复驱动器？

• 打开 RECOVERY 分区
• 显示隐藏^{(Show Hidden)}和受保护^(Protected)的操作系统文件
• 删除^(Delete)$ RECYCLE.BIN文件夹中的内容
• 还确定您可以删除的其他文件
• Press Shift + Delete永久删除文件。
• 现在以管理员身份运行cleanmgr并按照上述帖子中的说明使用它。

恢复驱动器是否已满有关系吗？

如果恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}具有所需百分比的可用空间，它只会在恢复过程中有所帮助。使用系统恢复时磁盘空间^{(System Recovery)}不足^(Low)可能会导致严重问题，因此始终建议不要将文件存储在恢复驱动器上。  

我可以压缩我的恢复驱动器吗？

虽然您可以压缩以获得更多空间，但强烈建议不要这样做。如果您有SSD，压缩会使您的计算机崩溃。它还会降低SSD的寿命。更好的选择是删除您存储在其中的所有个人文件或为其添加更多空间。

为什么扩展音量选项是灰色的？

扩展音量选项显示为灰色^{(Extend Volume option to be greyed out)}可能有多种原因：

• 您的驱动器上没有未分配的空间
• 您需要在要扩展的驱动器旁边有磁盘空间。
• 目标分区应位于NTFS或原始^(Raw)文件系统中。
• 分区容量已达到MBR^(MBR)磁盘上的 2TB 限制。您需要将磁盘从 MBR 转换为 GPT。^{(convert Disk from MBR to GPT.)}

恢复驱动器^{(Recovery Drive)}不需要很多空间，它们需要足够的空间，以便在使用时能够正常运行。最安全的方法是删除您的任何个人文件并使驱动器不可见，这样任何人都无法使用它。

我希望这篇文章很容易使用。

Recovery Drive is full in Windows 11/10; How to free up space?

Recovery Drive is a special partition on the hard drive, which usually contains all the required files that can fully restore your Windows PC in case your system becomes unstable for any reason. It is essential; why so? The answer is pretty simple! Unfortunately, if your PC ever experience hardware failure or any major issue, a recovery file will help reinstall Windows. However, if you are receiving Recovery Drive is full in Windows message, then this post will help you resolve it.

Why is the Recovery Drive Full?

A recovery drive should not usually be visible, but if you can see it, it should never be used. Windows don’t make any change in the drive, but If the Recovery Drive is full, open in File, explore and locate your personal files, and remove it.

Recovery Drive is full in Windows 11/10

If you see Recovery Drive is full warning in Windows11/10, that means the Recovery disk has no space left. This can be very annoying as you will get the warning frequently, but the good thing is you can fix this issue in several ways. This could happen even when the Recovery drive is not full.

1. Remove or Remove Recovery Drive from File Explorer
2. Extend Recovery Partition with Disk Management
3. Disable System Protection
4. Run Disk Cleanup
5. Delete Recovery Drive

In this post, you will get a complete guide on using these solutions to get rid of the recovery drive full issue. To do this, it’s always advisable to backup your stored information. In case the process stops in between, it can result in loss of data. Let’s discuss this more in detail.

1] Hide or Remove Recovery Drive from File Explorer

One of the best ways to avoid the Recovery Drive full warning is to use the Remove Drive letter from File Explorer. This will not delete the drive or its data. It will only remove the drive letter.

• Click on Start, type diskmgmt.msc, and Enter to open Disk Management.
• Near the bottom half of the window, you will find the list of drives. Locate the drive letter you want to remove from the list, then click left to select it. 
• Once it’s highlighted, right-click it and select the Change Letters and Paths.
• A new window will appear with the same drive letter chosen; click the Remove button to remove the drive letter from the Windows File Explorer.
• You will get the warning—Some programs that rely on drive letters might not run correctly; are you sure to remove this drive letter? Click Yes!
• Close the disk management window and go to the PC/My Computer; you will find the drive letter removed from there.            

No more warning about disk space.

Read: How to use Recovery Drive to restore Windows 11/10

2] Extend Recovery Partition with Disk Management

Extending the recovery partition is the best and safe way to clear the low disk space warning from your system. You can easily increase the space of the Recovery Partition with the help of the in-built Disk Management utility.

1. Use Win+R in Windows to open the Run prompt
2. Type compmgmt.msc in it and press the Enter key
3. Select Disk Management under Storage
4. Now open the Disk Management from Storage.
5. Please right-click on the Recovery Partition, and choose to Extend it.
6. It will launch the Extend Volume Wizard, where you can select the disk and from where space can be taken.
7. Select it, and click to add it. Then fill in the final size and click Next

Post this; it will go through a long process to clear out the physical space and then add it to the recovery partition.

That said, you should know that if you want to extend partition space, you need free space on the same disk. Even if you have enough space on the second disk, it is impossible to extend or add a partition. If it is absolutely necessary, you can use the Shrink volume feature to free some space next to the recovery and then merge or extend the partition.

Read: We can’t create the Recovery drive, A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive.

3] Disable System Protection

To avoid low disk space on the recovery drive warning of Windows 10/11, you can disable the system protection.

1. Press the Windows key and type System Restore. Click on it when it appears in the result.
2. It will display the list of drives with protection ON. Select the RECOVERY drive, and click on the Configure button.
3. This will reveal the System protection for the selected drive. You have a couple of options to recover space.
   • Disable system protection
   • Reduce the amount of space allocated
   • Delete all restore points.

System Restore is not needed for Recovery Partition, so you can choose to disable it. Ensure to delete the existing restore points.

Read: We can’t create a Recovery drive on this PC, Some required files are missing.

4] Run Disk Cleanup to free up Disk Space on Recovery Drive

Whenever your Recovery Drive runs out of space, you can run the in-built disk cleanup program to scan the drive and delete unnecessary files.

1. Press “Win+ R” to open the Run, type cleanmgr on the Run box, and press Enter to open the cleanup program.
2. Now select the Recovery drive from the drop-down, and click “OK.”
3. Then the program will scan and let you know how much space can be freed up.
4. Choose unnecessary files, and click OK to free up space on the recovery drive in Windows.      

You need to be careful what you delete here.

Read: How to create a System Recovery Drive in Windows 11/10

5]  Delete Recovery Drive

Deleting the Recovery Drive is another option for you to avoid recovery drive is a full warning. However, make sure to take a backup partition before using this method.

1. Press the Start button, and type Disk Management.
2. Click on the Create and format hard disk partitions
3. Select the Recovery partition, right-click on the selected drive volume and click on the Delete Volume option. 
4. Confirm, and it will delete the recovery partition.

What happens if I delete the Recovery Drive?

Many people usually ask, “can they delete the recovery drive,” the answer is yes! You can delete a recovery drive without any issue. Deleting a recovery drive will never affect your operating system. Still, keeping the Recovery Drive is always recommended because it will help recover if it crashes, reinstall OEM drivers, etc.

How to clean up Recovery drive?

• Open the RECOVERY partition
• Show Hidden and Protected operating system files
• Delete the contents on $RECYCLE.BIN folder
• Also identify other files you can delete
• Press Shift + Delete to permanently remove the files.
• Now Run cleanmgr as administrator and use it as described above in the post.

Does it matter if the recovery drive is full?

If the Recovery Drive has the required percentage of free space, it only helps during the recovery process. Low disk space can cause serious issues when using System Recovery, so it’s always recommended not to store files on the recovery drive.  

Can I compress my recovery drive?

While you can compress to get more space, it is highly recommended not to do so. If you have an SSD, compressing will crash your computer. It will also reduce the life of the SSD. The better option is to remove all personal files you have stored in it or add more space to it.

Why is Extend Volume option greyed out?

There can be multiple reasons for the Extend Volume option to be greyed out:

• There is no unallocated space on your drive
• You need disk space right next to the drive you want to extend.
• The targeted partition should be in NTFS or Raw file system.
• The partition capacity has reached the 2TB limit on the MBR disk. You will need to convert Disk from MBR to GPT.

Recovery Drive doesn’t need a lot of space, they need is enough space so it can function properly when used. The safest approach is to remove any of your personal files and make the drive invisible so no one is able to use it.

I hope the post was easy to use.

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