system volume folder increases in size

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Hi Everybody,

I've noticed that in my System Volume folder, there is a sub folder
named...._restore{987E0331-0F01-427C-A58A-7A2E4AABF84D} , that contains
folders suh as RP0 thru RP19. But the numbers of these folders keeps
increasing, soon I will have a RP20, etc. . Some of these folders are quite
large, up to 906 mb's in size. Which would eventually fill up my hard drive.
I suspect this is not normal behavior for Windows XP Sp2.
I ran Windows Defender, and it detected two files : Real VNC and Ultra
VNC, that were present in some of the RP# folders. I'm starting to think that
some "recovery disc creating" software I ran, may have been responsible, but
I'm not sure.
Windows Defender was unable to quarantine the VNC files.
I was having registry problems ( at Windows boot I would get a message
that the registry had to be started from a alternative log file), and that's
when I frist discovered the expanding RP# files being present in my system
volume folder. So I performed a Windows repair install, which corrected the
registry problems, but after running Windows defender, I found out that the
problems with my system volume are still going on.
Do you think that it would be save to delete all the RP# folders in my
System Volume folder : "_restore{987E0331-0F01-427C-A58A-7A2E4AABF84D}
folder" ?
Are what other course of action could be taken to correct the problem?
Thanks!

 

[Nepatsfan]

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Hi Everybody,

I've noticed that in my System Volume folder, there is a sub
folder
named...._restore{987E0331-0F01-427C-A58A-7A2E4AABF84D} ,
that
contains folders suh as RP0 thru RP19. But the numbers of
these
folders keeps increasing, soon I will have a RP20, etc. .
Some of
these folders are quite large, up to 906 mb's in size. Which
would
eventually fill up my hard drive. I suspect this is not
normal
behavior for Windows XP Sp2. I ran Windows Defender, and it
detected
two files : Real VNC and Ultra
VNC, that were present in some of the RP# folders. I'm
starting to
think that some "recovery disc creating" software I ran, may
have
been responsible, but I'm not sure.
Windows Defender was unable to quarantine the VNC files.
I was having registry problems ( at Windows boot I would get
a
message
that the registry had to be started from a alternative log
file), and
that's when I frist discovered the expanding RP# files being
present
in my system volume folder. So I performed a Windows repair
install,
which corrected the registry problems, but after running
Windows
defender, I found out that the problems with my system volume
are
still going on.
Do you think that it would be save to delete all the RP#
folders in my
System Volume folder :
"_restore{987E0331-0F01-427C-A58A-7A2E4AABF84D}
folder" ?
Are what other course of action could be taken to correct
the
problem? Thanks!

The System Volume Information folder you've stumbled upon is
where Windows stores the files associated with XP's System
Restore feature. Each of those numbered sub-folders represent a
restore point. By default, Windows reserve a maximum of 12% of
your hard drive for System Restore. Once it reaches that limit
Windows will delete the oldest restore point. You can adjust
the amount of space allocated for System Restore on the System
Properties sheet. Go to Control Panel and double click the
System icon. Click on the System Restore tab. Move the slider
to the left to reclaim some of your hard drive space. Somewhere
between 1.5 and 2 GB should leave you with two weeks worth of
restore points. For more info on System Restore, take a look at
these web sites.

Courtesy of Bert Kinney, MS-MVP
All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore in Windows
XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/plan/faqsrwxp.mspx

I don't use Windows Defender but I suspect it may have flagged
those two VNC programs as potential spyware. I would classify
that as a false positive. If you're concerned, you can delete
all but the latest restore points by using Disk Cleanup as
outlined here.

Disk Cleanup can also be used to remove all but the most recent
Restore Point.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskclean.html

You can also delete all restore points by following this
procedure.

How to Disable and Enable System Restore in Windows XP
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disablesr.html

Good luck

Nepatsfan