Deleting (fake) "System Volume Information" folder

[Vladimir Stefanovic]

Hi,

I have XP Professional, all NTFS file system...

Once, I used "Partition Magic" to merge two partitions
(D and E ) into one D. I was asked to give a name for
a folder which will contain eventual data from the E
partition (which is supposed to be dead after the operation).

Now, I have this folder structure:
....
D:\second\System Volume Information
D:\System Volume Information
....

"second" is the folder name I gave to Partition Magic
to store the data from E partition. The E partition was
empty anyway, but now I cannot get rid of the folder
"second" because of "System Volume Information"
which is inside it.

I tried everything: to delete it form the Safe mode, to
change the Permissions, to delete it with 3rd party
software, and nothing helped.

Can you please suggest me what to do?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to gain access to the System Volume Information folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531/en-us

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Windows - Shell/User

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:

| Hi,
|
| I have XP Professional, all NTFS file system...
|
| Once, I used "Partition Magic" to merge two partitions
| (D and E ) into one D. I was asked to give a name for
| a folder which will contain eventual data from the E
| partition (which is supposed to be dead after the operation).
|
| Now, I have this folder structure:
| ...
| D:\second\System Volume Information
| D:\System Volume Information
| ...
|
| "second" is the folder name I gave to Partition Magic
| to store the data from E partition. The E partition was
| empty anyway, but now I cannot get rid of the folder
| "second" because of "System Volume Information"
| which is inside it.
|
| I tried everything: to delete it form the Safe mode, to
| change the Permissions, to delete it with 3rd party
| software, and nothing helped.
|
| Can you please suggest me what to do?
|
| --
| Best Regards,
| Vladimir Stefanovic

 

[Vladimir Stefanovic]

How to gain access to the System Volume Information folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531/en-us

Perfect! It did it...

My mistake was that I tried all that, but insted to "Add"
*My real account name* to Security tab, I added the
"Administrator" account - which was not correct.

Thank again.