Your computer might run out of space when trying to automatically save this data to the HP Tools partition via the Recovery, Back up and Restore, or the HP tools utility. Backup utilities never back up to drive C and, in the case of an HP computer, they will glide beyond D which is the DVD drive and land on E, the Tools partition. A likely case is that these two utilities, or either of them, are saving data into the HP_Tools drive. Another Windows system utility that stores data is the ‘ Back up and Restore’ feature which uses enormous amounts of space. The HP tools utility is not to be confused with ‘ Windows Recovery’ that creates data based on a restoration point in your PC. Windows Recovery or the Backup and Restore utility is storing data into the HP tools partitions: – This is the most likely cause for the message.

This means that the ‘ HP_Tools drive is full’ error will appear whenever the HP Tools utility tries to save data into this partition. You have saved personal data into the HP tools partition: – If you store your personal data into this partition, then sooner or later, the partition is going to fill up.

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