System Backup problems

I have an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop with Windows 7 on it. Everything seems to run fine, but I am constantly bombarded with messages concerning my system backup. For whatever reason, the only choice to save a backup to (unles I connect an external drive) is my E drive, which id dedicated to "HP_TOOLS." Obviously this drive has very limited space and only has 1.07 GB worth of free space. As soon as I do a backup I am greeted with a barrage of messages telling me I have no space left.
I am unsure of why I cannot access my D "RECOVERY" drive to save backups with 2.32 GB of space free. I've been deleting my backups on occasion to make room for new ones, just to find tons more of the same low-space messages. How fix these problems?

Hi
As i see the Recovery D drive is a back up operating system for you and will have very limited space on it. In case you need to take a back you can back up data on CD/DVD or you could back on External Hard drive.
Click start then control panel Back up data then select the DVD drive or the External device that will fix your issue. Please dont select the Recovery D drive as it will have less space and you will get the message Low disc space.
Let us know how it goes!
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jcm21 wrote:
CCC put up a message that there was a Physical Problem "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16"
You should not keep those files for long, and probably shouldn't back them up (if you need them at all -- since you do regular backups, I'm doubtful just how worthwhile that feature is).
"Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume".
One of Apple's maddeningly incomplete messages. Most likely, there's a problem with a file (quite possibly the one CCC didn't like). See #C3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details and instructions on finding and fixing it.
If you continue running the Directory Protection app, be sure to exclude your Time Machine drive from it (as it will just take up lots of room, and won't help repair your backups if there's a problem); and exclude the folders it creates from being backed-up by Time Machine (as they'll create large backups, and you probably can't use the backed-up folders anyway), per #10 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

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sorry about my English.
I need to create a image of entire disk or a system backup. I think use "ufsdump" but I'm not sure. Can I create a backup of whole disk with "ufsdump" command? Are there any application to do it.?
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