My recovery D drive is full.

A window keeps popping up lately, saying my recovery D drive is full.  Can I remove anything that doesn't belond
there, and what would those things be?  Maybe accidentaly back up files?  

Hi,
A useful utility for viewing all the files on your PC is called Free Commander, on the link below, as it displays folders that the Operating System normally hides and has a good search function.
http://www.snapfiles.com/php/download.php?id=10787​2&a=7122339&tag=601108&loc=10
This is a zipped file.  If you don't have an extraction utility installed, download and install 7-Zip which can be used to open this so that you can run the installer.
When installed, run the program, click on the D Partition in the Toolbar and look for any file that obviously shouldn't be there.  Norton backup has been known to save files here.  If you are unsure, post a screenshot of the contents of this partition.
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