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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: philo on 3 Aug 2010 19:52 On 08/03/2010 06:41 PM, 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 Moot point even if you delete it, Windows will just create a new folder since System Restore is turned off, it will be empty so it will take up essentially no room on your drive
From: Henry on 3 Aug 2010 21:46 philo wrote: > On 08/03/2010 06:41 PM, 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 > > > > Moot point > > even if you delete it, > Windows will just create a new folder > > > since System Restore is turned off, it will be empty > so it will take up essentially no room on your drive Why will windows create in on my external hard drive? It wasn't there before I did something stupid. You are right, it is empty. Henry
From: Daave on 3 Aug 2010 22:32 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? Check out this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support/browse_frm/thread/80a20c0c249dbca/3677140a604159cc
From: philo on 4 Aug 2010 07:18
On 08/03/2010 08:46 PM, Henry wrote: > philo wrote: > >> On 08/03/2010 06:41 PM, 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 >> >> >> >> Moot point >> >> even if you delete it, >> Windows will just create a new folder >> >> >> since System Restore is turned off, it will be empty >> so it will take up essentially no room on your drive > Why will windows create in on my external hard drive? It wasn't there > before I did something stupid. You are right, it is empty. > > Henry Bill Gates knows what's best for you :) |