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From: Henry on 3 Aug 2010 19:41 I'm running a 3GHZ Dell with 2G RAM and WINXP Pro SP2 and a Seagate 500GB external Hard Drive. I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which doesn't belong there. It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits of information in it. It has a grayed out Read Only box under properties. I've turned off System Restore for this drive, I've of course tried delete, and I've reformatted this drive twice. I can not get rid of the folder. Again, it's on my external hard drive, drive (K:\), it's *not* the one on my C:\ drive which I know enough to leave alone. Does any one know how I can get rid of this folder please? Thanks, Henry
From: Sjouke Burry on 3 Aug 2010 20:11 Henry wrote: > I'm running a 3GHZ Dell with 2G RAM and WINXP Pro SP2 and a Seagate > 500GB external Hard Drive. > > I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a > folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which > doesn't belong there. It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits > of information in it. It has a grayed out Read Only box under > properties. I've turned off System Restore for this drive, I've of > course tried delete, and I've reformatted this drive twice. I can not > get rid of the folder. Again, it's on my external hard drive, drive > (K:\), it's *not* the one on my C:\ drive which I know enough to leave > alone. > > Does any one know how I can get rid of this folder please? > > Thanks, > > Henry Yes, they are hidden xp system directory's and you cant get rid of them. Even if you could, you should not.
From: Henry on 3 Aug 2010 21:43 Sjouke Burry wrote: > Henry wrote: > >> I'm running a 3GHZ Dell with 2G RAM and WINXP Pro SP2 and a Seagate >> 500GB external Hard Drive. >> >> I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a >> folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which >> doesn't belong there. It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits >> of information in it. It has a grayed out Read Only box under >> properties. I've turned off System Restore for this drive, I've of >> course tried delete, and I've reformatted this drive twice. I can not >> get rid of the folder. Again, it's on my external hard drive, drive >> (K:\), it's *not* the one on my C:\ drive which I know enough to leave >> alone. >> >> Does any one know how I can get rid of this folder please? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Henry > > Yes, they are hidden xp system directory's and you cant get rid of them. > Even if you could, you should not. As I said in my original email, this is *not* the one on my C:\ drive but one that I accidentally put on my external hard drive. It's not needed there. Henry
From: Grinder on 4 Aug 2010 00:36 On 8/3/2010 8:43 PM, Henry wrote: > Sjouke Burry wrote: > >> Henry wrote: >> >>> I'm running a 3GHZ Dell with 2G RAM and WINXP Pro SP2 and a Seagate >>> 500GB external Hard Drive. >>> >>> I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a >>> folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which >>> doesn't belong there. It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits >>> of information in it. It has a grayed out Read Only box under >>> properties. I've turned off System Restore for this drive, I've of >>> course tried delete, and I've reformatted this drive twice. I can not >>> get rid of the folder. Again, it's on my external hard drive, drive >>> (K:\), it's *not* the one on my C:\ drive which I know enough to >>> leave alone. >>> >>> Does any one know how I can get rid of this folder please? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Henry >> >> Yes, they are hidden xp system directory's and you cant get rid of them. >> Even if you could, you should not. > As I said in my original email, this is *not* the one on my C:\ drive > but one that I accidentally put on my external hard drive. It's not > needed there. How did you accidentally put it on your external drive? Do you remember specifically doing something, or did you just notice it one day? It is a part of the NTFS file system, and contains System Restore points, and maybe some other junk. Stop picking at it.
From: Henry on 4 Aug 2010 00:53
Grinder wrote: > On 8/3/2010 8:43 PM, Henry wrote: > >> Sjouke Burry wrote: >> >>> Henry wrote: >>> >>>> I'm running a 3GHZ Dell with 2G RAM and WINXP Pro SP2 and a Seagate >>>> 500GB external Hard Drive. >>>> >>>> I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a >>>> folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which >>>> doesn't belong there. It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits >>>> of information in it. It has a grayed out Read Only box under >>>> properties. I've turned off System Restore for this drive, I've of >>>> course tried delete, and I've reformatted this drive twice. I can not >>>> get rid of the folder. Again, it's on my external hard drive, drive >>>> (K:\), it's *not* the one on my C:\ drive which I know enough to >>>> leave alone. >>>> >>>> Does any one know how I can get rid of this folder please? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Henry >>> >>> >>> Yes, they are hidden xp system directory's and you cant get rid of them. >>> Even if you could, you should not. >> >> As I said in my original email, this is *not* the one on my C:\ drive >> but one that I accidentally put on my external hard drive. It's not >> needed there. > > > How did you accidentally put it on your external drive? Do you remember > specifically doing something, or did you just notice it one day? > > It is a part of the NTFS file system, and contains System Restore > points, and maybe some other junk. Stop picking at it. I made the mistake of using a program that transfered my whole C:\ drive to the Seagate external drive. So the System Volume Information folder that is on the external drive is my System Volume Information folder from my C:\ drive. Since I turned off System Restore for the Seagate, the folder has zero information in it. I know it was a dumb mistake. The file wasn't on there until I made the stupid mistake. My wife's Seagate external drive does *not* have that file on it, so the drive didn't make the file on it's own. Since I've been trying to get rid of it I now also have a folder called RECYCLER on the drive and I can't get rid of that either. |