How can I delete System Volume Information on non importan..

You should not try to delete the contents of the System Volume
Information folder. It contains more than just restore points. Why do
you think deleting is necessary?


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typ0w wrote:
> Sorry to Bump thsi old thread. I've been dealing with a similar
> problem. however. After i turned of Sys restore and deleted the
> folder, it re-created itself and i didnt have the permission to
> open/view/delete. So i rebooted in safe mode, and added
> users\administrators as a permission and deleted it again. upon
> reboot it re-creates itself.
>
> I'm currently runnign XP on the 3rd Install after format day2 Vs virus
> running Nod32 and AVG which are not detecting anything other then a
> periodic small virus that they are deleting. the original virus that i
> noticed was called virut, which was cloging my sockets so i couldn't
> update anti virus or get online.

Please don't delete previous posts, thanks.


You need to disable System Restore for a drive first to delete the folder.


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"typ0w" <typ0w.3n1wbb.RemoveThis@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:typ0w.3n1wbb@DoNotSpam.com...
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> Sorry to Bump thsi old thread. I've been dealing with a similar problem.
> however. After i turned of Sys restore and deleted the folder, it
> re-created itself and i didnt have the permission to open/view/delete.
> So i rebooted in safe mode, and added users\administrators as a
> permission and deleted it again. upon reboot it re-creates itself.
>
> I'm currently runnign XP on the 3rd Install after format day2 Vs virus
> running Nod32 and AVG which are not detecting anything other then a
> periodic small virus that they are deleting. the original virus that i
> noticed was called virut, which was cloging my sockets so i couldn't
> update anti virus or get online.
>
>
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Hi,
I assume you have turned off the System Restore service on your XP
computer.
You can then download a program called WinDirStat from Download.com.
After you install this program, fire it up.
The program will list out all your hard drives folders as well as in
graphical form.
You can then access the System Volume Information folder.
Just highlight the "_restore{ .....}" folder and then go to the menu to
choose "delete". Then the folder will be deleted.
Just a remark, you can even select to delete to recycle bin or
permanently.
(Of course, logically no one will leave the files in the recycle bin
because our objective is to get rid of all such files and reclaim the
space on the hard drives.)
You have no need to restart your computer after deleting the restore
point data files.


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Please don't delete previous posts, thanks.


"askwong" <askwong.3nmkrd.DeleteThis@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:askwong.3nmkrd@DoNotSpam.com...
>
> Hi,
> I assume you have turned off the System Restore service on your XP
> computer.
> You can then download a program called WinDirStat from Download.com.
> After you install this program, fire it up.
> The program will list out all your hard drives folders as well as in
> graphical form.
> You can then access the System Volume Information folder.
> Just highlight the "_restore{ .....}" folder and then go to the menu to
> choose "delete". Then the folder will be deleted.
> Just a remark, you can even select to delete to recycle bin or
> permanently.
> (Of course, logically no one will leave the files in the recycle bin
> because our objective is to get rid of all such files and reclaim the
> space on the hard drives.)
> You have no need to restart your computer after deleting the restore
> point data files.
>
> askwong

Hi, I came across this problem and found nothing really useful, but
finally I found easy solution. So here's my share

I use this batch to conserve space on flash drives etc...:


Code:
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X:
echo y|cacls "System Volume Information" /T /P Everyone:F
echo y|rd /s "System Volume Information"
pause

--------------------

where X: is drive, where you want to get rid of that folder, which is
really not needed whatsoever, if you have windows recovery turned off.
This works on Windows XP home too.

If you have localized windows, you will have to replace "y" for
equivallent letter for "yes" in your langauge.

Other cool trick, how to gain some extra space, is to use 64kB
clusters, if you intend to store only large files (movies on flash drive
for example) and set ntfs log (which has normally around 60 megabytes)
to minumum:


Code:
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format X: /fs:NTFS /a:64k /q
chkdsk X: /l:2048

--------------------


Note, that if you want to change cluster size, you will have to format
the volume, which will destroy everything on drive X:, chkdsk /l you can
use safely on volume with data.

For me this works fine, but use at your own risk ;-)


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> You should not try to delete the contents of the System Volume
> Information folder. It contains more than just restore points. Why do
> you think deleting is necessary?

i think this is the most loser question to ask...

when someone ask a favor and question your knowledge whether you know
how to do it... someone else is asking why you want to do it? There is
no WHY for others, it is only WHY in yourself. you help nobody..

How you want to clean your desk may not as clean as others want their
desk to be clean! I think you should find the answer and show what you
can before you ask WHY.


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