How can I delete System Volume Information on non important drives...please help!!

[Ronald Reitch LMT]

Hello, I have seven individual hard drives(*see below). I only use one
on the IDE for my OS and the rest operate from SCSI. Now, I have
turned off system restore on the drives I use for storage but I see
System Volume Information has accumulated over 8GB of space on EACH of
those drives!!! What's even worse is that these System Volume
Information files are old and out dated from previous re-formats of OS

Example: H:\System Volume
Information\_restore{822FD8EC-BCE5-41D0-8D4A-029A781BF509}
has over 3.67 GB accumulated.

My dilemma is When I try to delete them, windows wont let me! Please
help me clear up valuable space that System Volume
Information\_restore has put on these drives. Thank You.


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Drive #1 - WDC WD40 0BB-00CLB0 SCSI Disk Device (37 GB)-Storage
Drive #2 - WDC WD25 00JB-00FUA0 SCSI Disk Device (232 GB)-Storage
Drive #3 - WDC WD20 00JB-34EVA0 SCSI Disk Device (186 GB)-Storage
Drive #4 - WDC WD20 0BB-00AUA1 SCSI Disk Device (18 GB)-Program files
Drive #5 - WDC WD60 0BB-32CXA0 SCSI Disk Device (55 GB)-Storage
Drive #6 - WDC WD12 00BB-53CAA0 SCSI Disk Device (111 GB)-Storage
Drive #7 - WDC WD200BB-75AUA1 (18 GB) (Operating System- Windows XP
Pro)

 

[Taurarian]

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

 

[WTC]

Open my computer, right click on the drive that has your OS and select
properties, click Disk Clean up on the General Tab, Click More Options,
then click Clean up for System Restore.

Good Luck

 

[Ronald Reitch LMT]

Thanks Tauarian, your link worked for me. I am able to access those
files and delete then, thanks again!

 

[Taurarian]

You're welcome.
Kaylene

Thanks Tauarian, your link worked for me. I am able to access those
files and delete then, thanks again!

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Kaylene,

System Restore was never designed to be a backup alternative. Having a good
backup strategy is essential to protecting ones data. System Restore as the
name implies, is a tool to replace system type files and the registry when
they become damaged or corrupted, and will not effect user data. System
Restore is excellent tool if used as soon as possible after a problem is
detected. Yes, if a system is infected at the time a restore point is
created there's a good chance it will exist within the restore point. When
infected file exist within restore points they are dormant and will not
infect the system unless the system is restored using the infected restore
point.

Once a system is cleaned of infection and running normally, it is then time
to purge all existing restore point to avoid reinfection.

The best course of action is to prevent infection/malware in the first
place. And rather than disable System Restore all together understand how it
works and use it to your advantage. In combination with a good backup
strategy System Restore is an excellent tool. It's save me many many time.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[ju.c]

Turn off System Restore to remove "System Volume Information" folders.


ju.c

 

[Gerry]

You should not try to delete the contents of the System Volume
Information folder. It contains more than just restore points. Why do
you think deleting is necessary?


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Gerry
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[ju.c]

Please don't delete previous posts, thanks.


You need to disable System Restore for a drive first to delete the folder.


ju.c

 

[ju.c]

Please don't delete previous posts, thanks.