Deleting old folder from System Volume Information folder

[Art]

When I installed Vista, some WinXP restore points were retained in the
System Volume Information folder. They are in a folder named
"_restore{3A579F61-.....]", which contains dozens of subfolders named
"RP3", "RP4", "RP5", etc.

Altogether these junk files are occupying about 5GB, which I am trying
to recover.

I have assumed full ownership of all these folders (through Properties /
Security / Advanced / Owner / Edit ), but when I try to delete the junk
folder the system completely ignores my 'delete' command.

How can I get rid of this junk folder? Thanks for any help.

 

[DaveD]

Download KillDisk, create a bootable floppy or thumb drive, boot from that,
and run a wipe.

http://www.killdisk.com/

DD

 

[Art]

Thanks for the reply, Dave.

Your suggestion of killdisk gave me an idea. I have BCwipe, and I hadn't
even thought of trying it. Lo & behold, it works for file deletion in
the Sys Vol Info folder!

Now I have another question: every indication is that all the RP1, RP2,
RP3, etc, folders are relics of WinXP. All the folder & file creation
dates pre-date my installation of Vista. But is there some chance that
by wiping all these files I'm creating a big problem for myself?? Like,
if they are WinXP relics, then they are junk ...right?

Thanks.

Download KillDisk, create a bootable floppy or thumb drive, boot from
that, and run a wipe.

http://www.killdisk.com/

DD

When I installed Vista, some WinXP restore points were retained in the
System Volume Information folder. They are in a folder named
"_restore{3A579F61-.....]", which contains dozens of subfolders named
"RP3", "RP4", "RP5", etc.

Altogether these junk files are occupying about 5GB, which I am trying
to recover.

I have assumed full ownership of all these folders (through Properties
/ Security / Advanced / Owner / Edit ), but when I try to delete the
junk folder the system completely ignores my 'delete' command.

How can I get rid of this junk folder? Thanks for any help.

 

[DaveD]

I currently don't have KillDisk installed, as I've recently done a reinstall
of the OS and haven't reinstalled all the utilities.
(KillDisk allowed me to see super-hidden files that I can't view otherwise)

But, as I recall those files were on my machine too last time I checked, and
my system was a clean install, never an XP upgrade.
As I recall also, they were of minimal size and so shouldn't be a problem.
My inclination would be to say if your wipe utility didn't delete them, they
probably belong to the OS and should be left alone.

DD

Thanks for the reply, Dave.

Your suggestion of killdisk gave me an idea. I have BCwipe, and I hadn't
even thought of trying it. Lo & behold, it works for file deletion in the
Sys Vol Info folder!

Now I have another question: every indication is that all the RP1, RP2,
RP3, etc, folders are relics of WinXP. All the folder & file creation
dates pre-date my installation of Vista. But is there some chance that by
wiping all these files I'm creating a big problem for myself?? Like, if
they are WinXP relics, then they are junk ...right?

Thanks.

Download KillDisk, create a bootable floppy or thumb drive, boot from
that, and run a wipe.

http://www.killdisk.com/

DD

When I installed Vista, some WinXP restore points were retained in the
System Volume Information folder. They are in a folder named
"_restore{3A579F61-.....]", which contains dozens of subfolders named
"RP3", "RP4", "RP5", etc.

Altogether these junk files are occupying about 5GB, which I am trying
to recover.

I have assumed full ownership of all these folders (through Properties /
Security / Advanced / Owner / Edit ), but when I try to delete the junk
folder the system completely ignores my 'delete' command.

How can I get rid of this junk folder? Thanks for any help.

 

[Art]

Thanks again, Dave.

The RP* files on my machine are not small. They add up to about 5GB, and
typically have folder creation dates from 2006/2007.

I tried a wipe on one folder--RP3--and BCWipe deleted it, but this was
after I took total ownership of the folder.

I think that out of an abundance of caution, I'll leave them alone for
now, but eventually I want to find out if they are all truly 'junk'.
Only then will I wipe them.

I currently don't have KillDisk installed, as I've recently done a
reinstall of the OS and haven't reinstalled all the utilities.
(KillDisk allowed me to see super-hidden files that I can't view otherwise)

But, as I recall those files were on my machine too last time I checked,
and my system was a clean install, never an XP upgrade.
As I recall also, they were of minimal size and so shouldn't be a problem.
My inclination would be to say if your wipe utility didn't delete them,
they probably belong to the OS and should be left alone.

DD

Thanks for the reply, Dave.

Your suggestion of killdisk gave me an idea. I have BCwipe, and I
hadn't even thought of trying it. Lo & behold, it works for file
deletion in the Sys Vol Info folder!

Now I have another question: every indication is that all the RP1,
RP2, RP3, etc, folders are relics of WinXP. All the folder & file
creation dates pre-date my installation of Vista. But is there some
chance that by wiping all these files I'm creating a big problem for
myself?? Like, if they are WinXP relics, then they are junk ...right?

Thanks.

Download KillDisk, create a bootable floppy or thumb drive, boot from
that, and run a wipe.

http://www.killdisk.com/

DD


When I installed Vista, some WinXP restore points were retained in
the System Volume Information folder. They are in a folder named
"_restore{3A579F61-.....]", which contains dozens of subfolders
named "RP3", "RP4", "RP5", etc.

Altogether these junk files are occupying about 5GB, which I am
trying to recover.

I have assumed full ownership of all these folders (through
Properties / Security / Advanced / Owner / Edit ), but when I try to
delete the junk folder the system completely ignores my 'delete'
command.

How can I get rid of this junk folder? Thanks for any help.

 

[Art]

Dave:
I got around to taking a look in our new desktop machine; none of these
"RP*" folders, and no "_restore{...." of any kind are present.

I've now concluded that these are all junk folder, and will proceed to
wipe them in order to recover the disk space.

Thanks for your comments.

I currently don't have KillDisk installed, as I've recently done a
reinstall of the OS and haven't reinstalled all the utilities.
(KillDisk allowed me to see super-hidden files that I can't view otherwise)

But, as I recall those files were on my machine too last time I checked,
and my system was a clean install, never an XP upgrade.
As I recall also, they were of minimal size and so shouldn't be a problem.
My inclination would be to say if your wipe utility didn't delete them,
they probably belong to the OS and should be left alone.

DD

Thanks for the reply, Dave.

Your suggestion of killdisk gave me an idea. I have BCwipe, and I
hadn't even thought of trying it. Lo & behold, it works for file
deletion in the Sys Vol Info folder!

Now I have another question: every indication is that all the RP1,
RP2, RP3, etc, folders are relics of WinXP. All the folder & file
creation dates pre-date my installation of Vista. But is there some
chance that by wiping all these files I'm creating a big problem for
myself?? Like, if they are WinXP relics, then they are junk ...right?

Thanks.

Download KillDisk, create a bootable floppy or thumb drive, boot from
that, and run a wipe.

http://www.killdisk.com/

DD


When I installed Vista, some WinXP restore points were retained in
the System Volume Information folder. They are in a folder named
"_restore{3A579F61-.....]", which contains dozens of subfolders
named "RP3", "RP4", "RP5", etc.

Altogether these junk files are occupying about 5GB, which I am
trying to recover.

I have assumed full ownership of all these folders (through
Properties / Security / Advanced / Owner / Edit ), but when I try to
delete the junk folder the system completely ignores my 'delete'
command.

How can I get rid of this junk folder? Thanks for any help.