System Volume Information

[JeffH]

Hi,

On the root of my C:\ is a folder called 'System Volume Information'. Does
anyone know what that is and if I need to keep its contents?

Thanks in advance,
JeffH

 

[Wesley Vogel]

System Restore keeps its info in that folder.

Understanding System Restore
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../en-us/app_system_restore_hss_understand.mspx

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

On the root of my C:\ is a folder called 'System Volume Information'.
Does anyone know what that is

It contaqins System Restore points.

and if I need to keep its contents?

Yes, unless you want to turn off System Restore, which I would not advise.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Jeff,

As pointed out by Wes and Ken, the SVI folder is where System Restore
stores it restore points.

System Restore by default sets the space it uses to store restore point
to 12% on drives/partitions 4GB or larger. On larger drives/partition,
the 12% setting can be to much and be several GB's in size.
Here are some tips for adjusting disk space usage, and keeping System
Restore healthy.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#AdjustDiskSpace

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

On the root of my C:\ is a folder called 'System Volume Information'. Does
anyone know what that is and if I need to keep its contents?

Thanks in advance,
JeffH

The System Volume Information is the hidden, protected operating
system folder in which WinXP's System Restore feature stores
information used to recover from errors.


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[M.Meels]

Jeff,

Don't touch that !

Win2K and WinXP maintain things like indexing service there.

If you're a Tech-freak, go to Microsoft to find out.

Otherwise, don't mess it up (dir/map should be owned by System).

Marc

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

That's incorrect. The System Volume Information folder is where System
Restore holds it restore points. Win2k has no System Restore function.