Access denied to "System Volume Information" folders

[Guest]

Have XP SP2. Two Hard disks. One is the clone of the other. One is enable,
the other not. On regular base, I swap the HD's.

Have three partitions C-D-E. Have earlier convert all drives from FAT32 to
NTFS. At same time have re-format drives D and E. (not C, system).
since then enable to view, access, backup the content of the System Volume
Information of the drives D and E. C is OK.

Is there anyway to restore the access.
Thanks

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You generally do not need access to these files and folders.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309531
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder

 

[Alex Nichol]

Have three partitions C-D-E. Have earlier convert all drives from FAT32 to
NTFS. At same time have re-format drives D and E. (not C, system).
since then enable to view, access, backup the content of the System Volume
Information of the drives D and E. C is OK.

SVI folders are very heavily hidden. You need to log on as
Administrator (and from a Safe Mode boot if this is XP Home) and ensure
have Folder Options - View set to show Hidden files, and *not* Hide
Protected mode ones. Then r-click, Properties - Security, click
Advanced and Take Ownership.

The folders contain only the restore points and related info. As this
is all in relation to the present state of the machine, a backup serves
no purpose anyway unless you do it as part of a total imaging of the
system's partition