Re: How can I delete System Volume Information on non important drives...please help!!
Taurarian
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder
"Ronald Reitch LMT" <mye...@email.net> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have seven individual hard drives(*see below). I only use one
> on the IDE for my OS and the rest operate from SCSI. Now, I have
> turned off system restore on the drives I use for storage but I see
> System Volume Information has accumulated over 8GB of space on EACH of
> those drives!!! What's even worse is that these System Volume
> Information files are old and out dated from previous re-formats of OS
>
> Example: H:\System Volume
> Information\_restore{822FD8EC-BCE5-41D0-8D4A-029A781BF509}
> has over 3.67 GB accumulated.
>
> My dilemma is When I try to delete them, windows wont let me! Please
> help me clear up valuable space that System Volume
> Information\_restore has put on these drives. Thank You.
>
>
> ==========================================================================
> Drive #1 - WDC WD40 0BB-00CLB0 SCSI Disk Device (37 GB)-Storage
> Drive #2 - WDC WD25 00JB-00FUA0 SCSI Disk Device (232 GB)-Storage
> Drive #3 - WDC WD20 00JB-34EVA0 SCSI Disk Device (186 GB)-Storage
> Drive #4 - WDC WD20 0BB-00AUA1 SCSI Disk Device (18 GB)-Program files
> Drive #5 - WDC WD60 0BB-32CXA0 SCSI Disk Device (55 GB)-Storage
> Drive #6 - WDC WD12 00BB-53CAA0 SCSI Disk Device (111 GB)-Storage
> Drive #7 - WDC WD200BB-75AUA1 (18 GB) (Operating System- Windows XP
> Pro)
>
WTC
properties, click Disk Clean up on the General Tab, Click More Options,
then click Clean up for System Restore.
Good Luck
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Kaylene
"Ronald Reitch LMT" <mye...@email.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks Tauarian, your link worked for me. I am able to access those
> files and delete then, thanks again!
Onedring
Your link helped me as well Kaylene. FYI for everyone, in case you don't
remember, the system restore also stores unwanted programs. McAfee
located a PuP (potentially unwanted program) called PuP.j in the system
restore folder. I'm sure it's the one that has been eating up my
bandwidth and causing my system to act quirky.
I've decided, and making a suggestion to you readers, to disable
permanently the Windows System Restore functionality and instead rely
on software which makes a system image backup. This type of data backup
and restore is used by large networks in industries where data integrity
and storage are crucial. It may take longer than a Windows System
restore and you have to be responsible for remembering when to do it,
but this way you can keep in consecutive order each system image
backup, by date, and select the one you want for backup. If you are
concerned about how long it takes to make a system image for restore,
start it before you go to bed. : )
Thanks again Kaylene!
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Bert Kinney
System Restore was never designed to be a backup alternative. Having a good
backup strategy is essential to protecting ones data. System Restore as the
name implies, is a tool to replace system type files and the registry when
they become damaged or corrupted, and will not effect user data. System
Restore is excellent tool if used as soon as possible after a problem is
detected. Yes, if a system is infected at the time a restore point is
created there's a good chance it will exist within the restore point. When
infected file exist within restore points they are dormant and will not
infect the system unless the system is restored using the infected restore
point.
Once a system is cleaned of infection and running normally, it is then time
to purge all existing restore point to avoid reinfection.
The best course of action is to prevent infection/malware in the first
place. And rather than disable System Restore all together understand how it
works and use it to your advantage. In combination with a good backup
strategy System Restore is an excellent tool. It's save me many many time.
All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
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pradeepbachu
*hi u can use the SLAX 6.0 OPerating system for thedeletion of the
Sustem Volume information folder*Ronald Reitch LMT;212096 Wrote:
> Hello, I have seven individual hard drives(*see below). I only use one
> on the IDE for my OS and the rest operate from SCSI. Now, I have
> turned off system restore on the drives I use for storage but I see
> System Volume Information has accumulated over 8GB of space on EACH of
> those drives!!! What's even worse is that these System Volume
> Information files are old and out dated from previous re-formats of OS
>
> Example: H:\System Volume
> Information\_restore{822FD8EC-BCE5-41D0-8D4A-029A781BF509}
> has over 3.67 GB accumulated.
>
> My dilemma is When I try to delete them, windows wont let me! Please
> help me clear up valuable space that System Volume
> Information\_restore has put on these drives. Thank You.
>
>
> ==========================================================================
> Drive #1 - WDC WD40 0BB-00CLB0 SCSI Disk Device (37 GB)-Storage
> Drive #2 - WDC WD25 00JB-00FUA0 SCSI Disk Device (232 GB)-Storage
> Drive #3 - WDC WD20 00JB-34EVA0 SCSI Disk Device (186 GB)-Storage
> Drive #4 - WDC WD20 0BB-00AUA1 SCSI Disk Device (18 GB)-Program files
> Drive #5 - WDC WD60 0BB-32CXA0 SCSI Disk Device (55 GB)-Storage
> Drive #6 - WDC WD12 00BB-53CAA0 SCSI Disk Device (111 GB)-Storage
> Drive #7 - WDC WD200BB-75AUA1 (18 GB) (Operating System- Windows XP
> Pro)
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ju.c
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"pradeepbachu" <pradeepba...@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:pradeepba...@DoNotSpam.com...
typ0w
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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Gerry
Information folder. It contains more than just restore points. Why do
you think deleting is necessary?
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ju.c
You need to disable System Restore for a drive first to delete the folder.
ju.c
"typ0w" <typ0w....@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:typ0w....@DoNotSpam.com...
askwong
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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ju.c
"askwong" <askwong...@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:askwong...@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
stopar
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
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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
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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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deocharlesc
> 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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darbski
stopar;4671586 Wrote:
>
> >
Code:
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> > X:
> echo y|cacls "System Volume Information" /T /P Everyone:F
> echo y|rd /s "System Volume Information"
> pause
>
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> >
>
Please correct this code.
Code:
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X:
cd\
echo y|cacls "System Volume Information" /T /P Everyone:F
echo y|rd /s "System Volume Information"
pause
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stopar;4671586 Wrote:
> If you have localized windows, you will have to replace "y" for
> equivallent letter for "yes" in your langauge.
>
Please correct Your user manual:
-If you have localized windows, you will have to replace "*y*" for
equivallent letter for "yes" and "*Everyone*" in your langauge.-
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Anvil2k10
sorry muhXin,
but that's exactly the same rubbish MS is
giving us as his 'support' (see kb/309531).
many user are eager to parrot this in the WWW
often without giving MS as reference of origin.
fnukin hill - IT ONLY WORKS UNTIL YOU REBOOT!
suppose that more than one of us in this thread
came across it already. hence they looking for an
ultimate solution and not for battology.
regards
Damian
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ironcondore
Wow, great stuff akalantarian
After struggling with all the previous responses and the justifiable
bickering, I was ready to give up - that is until I read your email.
Prior to this, no matter what I did, these directories kept magically
reappearing on me. Your steps, though somewhat vague in areas, pegged
the mark right on, literally hit the nail on the head - so far. Great
solution. Really though, someone should not have to go thru these steps
to obtain their desired outcome.
Now, I'm running Norton Ghost to back up my current internal harddrive
to my external harddrive, and also want to create a restore point on my
external harddrive as well (I'm increasing my current internal harddrive
to a bigger size, and don't want to lose its current configuration and
installations). Hopefully, my new hidden files on my external drive,
does not screw things up for me.
Anyway, I'll find out
And thanx for the help
Just wondering how the other contestants made out with your solution -
worked for me!!
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