Recycle Bin, System Vol Information - in external hdd

[Guest]

My home pc have 1 hdd partition into 3 partitions, C/XP D/2K and E for data.
IRecently I used the external hdd which have 2 partitions (say f and g). The
external hdd is been used in school or at home pc. Recently I noticed in my f
partitions (of the external hdd0 there is the Recycle Bin and System Volume
Infomation. How can these 2 files/folders ge into here since I did not load
the OS.
Can I just delete it............ and will it affect the functionality of the
XP or 2K.Appreciate if someone can advice as I can afford to have the system
down,Thanks

 

[Guest]

XP is the operating system. Nothing works that XP can't control, including
that external drive, so don't delete anything that Windows places on a hard
drive.

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

By default a hidden Recycle Bin folder is placed on each partition by
Win2K or by WinXP. This is normal and if deleted, it will just be
replaced.

The System Volume Information (SVI) folder is placed on each
partition/drive by System Restore (SR) in WinXP. If they are deleted
they will simply be recreated. As long as the partition is not being
monitored by SR the SVI folder will be very small in size. To reduce
problems, I would suggest disabling all partitions/drives from being
monitored by SR, except the partition WindowsXP is installed on.

Disable a monitored drive:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html

You may find this page helpful also.
Keeping System Restore Healthy:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html

 

[Guest]

quote:-
To reduce problems, I would suggest disabling all partitions/drives from
being
monitored by SR, except the partition WindowsXP is installed on...unquote

How do I disable it? F and G are only for storage data. As a matter of
interest to see if the external hdd is working properly or not, when I plug
into my friend's pc with the jumper on 'cs', the pc would not boot. Why is
that so? Thanks

 

[Bert Kinney]

quote:-
To reduce problems, I would suggest disabling all partitions/drives
from being
monitored by SR, except the partition WindowsXP is installed
on...unquote

How do I disable it?

Use these step by step instructions:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/drivedisable.html

F and G are only for storage data.

SR doesn't monitor data files, so there is no need the have the
partition monitored.

As a matter of interest to see if the external hdd is working properly
or not, when
I plug into my friend's pc with the jumper on 'cs', the pc would not
boot. Why is that so? Thanks

You will have to check the manufactures instructions on how to configure
the drive.