Unusable disk partition

[Phil]

On 10/06/2014 01:03 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 5 October 2014 08:05, Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> I did download the Ubuntu iso file and I can see that the Data partition (D:
>> drive) contains two directories; the recycle bin and a system directory. I
>> have copied those to the the Windows partition for retrieval later.
>
> Oh dear. Those are Windows system folders. If you're deleting the
> drive, you don't need them. But the C drive /already/ has copies of
> them -- all Windows drives do -- and 2 copies is Bad News.
>
> Delete the copies, ASAP.
>

Thanks Liam,

I set up a extended partition, as you previously advised, but kept a 
small Data partition for Windows just in case. I discovered that Windows 
regenerated the recycle bin and the system directories on the Data 
partition after a reboot anyway.

> A Data drive is not a Windows feature. You don't need one.

Except for the Recycle bin, it seems.

-- 
Regards,
Phil