Get rid of System Volume Information

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS RemoveThis @hotmail.com> skrev i meddelelsen
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> Seeing as how System Restore is useless anyway, as compared with a good
> imaging program such as TrueImage HOME, I just disable system restore on
> any computer I work on. After a reboot, the System Volume Information
> folder on each of my partitions (across 4 hard drives) shows as zero bytes
> in zero files.
>
> Couldn't be any cleaner than that!
>
> If you really want to continue using system restore, re-enable it after
> the reboot. All old information will be gone and only the new will be
> resident in System Volume Information.
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>

It doesn´t work on my Vista box, Richard
To be sure that the checkmark on the C-disk in
system security does not have any influence, I also
removed the checkmark on the C-disk. After a restart
the full content of 3.5gigs (takes up almost 4gigs) is
still there in the System Volume Infomation folder
on the E-disk. Can still not be deleted.
It´s interesting why this works on your machine and not on
mine ?.
/senn

>
> "senn" <senn@homeplace&.fix> wrote in message
> news:OPqb$2UaJHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> This was posted on Vista.general.discussion
>> for a couple of days ago.
>>
>> I have an old system disk with XP which I moved to
>> the E-drive when I installed Vista on a new disk.
>> Everything of the OS on the old XP disk is deleted
>> with the exception of this System Volume Information.
>> I´ve taken the ownership and is now allowed to look into
>> the folder. But no way of deleating it.
>>
>> No usable answer was given
>> to the question other than moving my files to the C disk
>> while formatting E.
>> OK, that might be the end solution.
>> But does anybody know of a trick with or without
>> editing the registry.
>> Thanks,
>> /senn
>>
>>
>>
>

I ran into a problem once like yours.

I had upgraded a computer from XP to Vista. It turns out that what XP had
placed in System Volume Information prior to the upgrade had prevented me
from doing as I have stated in my previous post. I formatted the partition
to get rid of SVI and started anew with that particular drive (after copying
everything I wanted to save to an external hard drive, of course). It only
took me about 45 minutes and was painless.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"senn" <senn@homeplace&.fix> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS RemoveThis @hotmail.com> skrev i meddelelsen
> news:uH%23xlEXaJHA.5676@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Seeing as how System Restore is useless anyway, as compared with a good
>> imaging program such as TrueImage HOME, I just disable system restore on
>> any computer I work on. After a reboot, the System Volume Information
>> folder on each of my partitions (across 4 hard drives) shows as zero
>> bytes in zero files.
>>
>> Couldn't be any cleaner than that!
>>
>> If you really want to continue using system restore, re-enable it after
>> the reboot. All old information will be gone and only the new will be
>> resident in System Volume Information.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>
> It doesn´t work on my Vista box, Richard
> To be sure that the checkmark on the C-disk in
> system security does not have any influence, I also
> removed the checkmark on the C-disk. After a restart
> the full content of 3.5gigs (takes up almost 4gigs) is
> still there in the System Volume Infomation folder
> on the E-disk. Can still not be deleted.
> It´s interesting why this works on your machine and not on
> mine ?.
> /senn
>
>>
>> "senn" <senn@homeplace&.fix> wrote in message
>> news:OPqb$2UaJHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> This was posted on Vista.general.discussion
>>> for a couple of days ago.
>>>
>>> I have an old system disk with XP which I moved to
>>> the E-drive when I installed Vista on a new disk.
>>> Everything of the OS on the old XP disk is deleted
>>> with the exception of this System Volume Information.
>>> I´ve taken the ownership and is now allowed to look into
>>> the folder. But no way of deleating it.
>>>
>>> No usable answer was given
>>> to the question other than moving my files to the C disk
>>> while formatting E.
>>> OK, that might be the end solution.
>>> But does anybody know of a trick with or without
>>> editing the registry.
>>> Thanks,
>>> /senn
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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