Local Drive E low disk space after Windows 10 April 2018 update

Anonymous
2018-05-01T16:49:34+00:00

My Dell Inspiron 15 laptop updated this morning.  After the update, I now get a popup that local drive E is low on disk space.  This drive was my recovery image drive before the update.  How do I fix this?

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DaveM121 934.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2018-05-01T17:01:03+00:00

Hi TG#66,

A lot of users are seeing this new drive, it is the recovery drive, it is not meant to have a drive letter, remove the drive letter and everything will return to normal:

Click your Start Button, type cmd, then right click Command Prompt and choose 'Run as Administrator'

Run this command and hit Enter

diskpart

Run this command and hit Enter

list volume

Note down the letter associated with that new drive

Run these commands one at a time and hit Enter (replace X with the correct drive letter)

select volume X

remove letter=X

Close Command Prompt and restart your PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-23T05:05:33+00:00

    Thank you!  This fixed the issue ...

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  2. DaveM121 934.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-05-01T17:31:24+00:00

    Hi TG#66, Glad to help, if you have any more questions, please contact us here at MS Community!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-01T17:30:04+00:00

    Thank you!  This fixed the issue.  Wasted my morning trying to figure this out. 

    MS please do thorough testing on both high end as well as lower-end systems before releasing updates.  I miss XP.  I never had any problem with it.

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  4. Greg Carmack 24,780 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-05-01T16:53:53+00:00

    Hi TG. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

    Please post a screenshot of Disk Management, which we read like a doctor reads X-rays: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/foru...

    Recovery drives should not have a drive letter. If they do then something might have written to it and clogged it. To access the drive however you'd need to issue a Drive letter in Disk Management by clicking on the partition to Change Drive letter. Then unhide files in File Explorer > View > Options > Change Folder and Search Options > View > enable Show Hidden Files and uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files, approve security box, Apply, Save. Post back a screenshot of drive contents.

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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