Windows 10: Freeing space in the backup drive

I have created a backup when I did a reformat last year using youtube tutorials. I have no idea what I was doing but I somehow ended up successful and it now works fine. Please take note that I do not have a background in software troubleshooting of this sort. The problem is I created a backup for my C drive and it is now in my backup D Drive and cannot be deleted which takes up approximately 30Gb space.


The only folders that I can remove manually are the file folders for the pictures and the installed program folders but the Program Files and Windows folders cannot be deleted.



Whenever I manually delete them, it will just show a message that I cannot proceed so to either Try Again or Cancel. It is asking for permissions. I tried other suggestions but still fails because I couldn't find the user it is showing from the list. Is there a workaround for this? English is not my first language as well so don't judge me much T-T

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Free hard drive backup/restore program?

I am looking for a free (freeware) program that will back up and restore a hard drive. I'm looking to clone a few external hard drives. If the program will backup the used space instead of the whole drive this will be awesome! Thanks for any suggestions.

 

Free hard drive backup/restore program?

Obviously you're looking for something besides your Xp Pro utility that does this?

 

Backup drive is running out of space

The hard drive, 250GB, on my Windows 10 PC has four partitions - C,D,E & F, each with disc space of about 58 GB. As of now, the System Backup is configured to the D drive which has latest backups & system images only. Presently I have only 15 MB free
space on the D drive & so I am getting a System notification that my D drive is running out of space. I want to take a complete System Backup on an external Disc drive for safety & security of my system, files & folders. Let me know how I can clean up the
D drive for taking backups again on the same drive as before. Also let me know how I can make a Bootable Backup disc in case of my PC crashes. Please help me & suggest step by step guideline for resolving the issue.