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In order to resolve a problem in Outlook, I tried several solutions
recommended by the Microsoft support people. When each of them didn't work,
I did a system restore to return my computer to its original state. After 3
system restores, I noticed that the free space on my hard disk dropped from
94% to 42%. I had not downloaded any new programs and contacted Microsoft
and my computer manufacturer again. They advised me to do spyware scans and
a disk cleanup and defragmenter but that only freed up another 1% of space.
So in one day, I lost 52% of my free space. While I was running the AD-Aware
program, however, I noticed that the program rested for a very long time
(over 10 minutes) on a file called C: System Volume Information\Restore
followed by a whole bunch of numbers. Also, the spyware usually indicates
that approximately 200,000 files have been checked but this time the process
took a very long time and over 400,000 files were checked. I looked for info
on the System Volume Information folder on the web and learned how to bring
this protected folder into view; however, I couldn't open it from the root
directory. It said I didn't have access. Is the problem in this folder? If
I can open this folder, should I delete the files? If this isn't the
problem, where are these new 200,000 files? Please help!!
recommended by the Microsoft support people. When each of them didn't work,
I did a system restore to return my computer to its original state. After 3
system restores, I noticed that the free space on my hard disk dropped from
94% to 42%. I had not downloaded any new programs and contacted Microsoft
and my computer manufacturer again. They advised me to do spyware scans and
a disk cleanup and defragmenter but that only freed up another 1% of space.
So in one day, I lost 52% of my free space. While I was running the AD-Aware
program, however, I noticed that the program rested for a very long time
(over 10 minutes) on a file called C: System Volume Information\Restore
followed by a whole bunch of numbers. Also, the spyware usually indicates
that approximately 200,000 files have been checked but this time the process
took a very long time and over 400,000 files were checked. I looked for info
on the System Volume Information folder on the web and learned how to bring
this protected folder into view; however, I couldn't open it from the root
directory. It said I didn't have access. Is the problem in this folder? If
I can open this folder, should I delete the files? If this isn't the
problem, where are these new 200,000 files? Please help!!