The hard disk in my PC is divided into 4 partions (C,D,E,F). In drive "C", there is the operating System (Win XP) and all programs i use... In drive "E", i install all the games... My question is: What is the purpose of this folder "System Volume Information" (Hidden Folder) in each drive? knowing that, the size of this folder is as follows: C----> 30 MB D----> 12 MB E----> 1.9 GB F----> 14 MB and, can i delete this folder from all my 4 partions because it is taking a lot of space from my hard disk???

System Restore uses System Volume Information folders. Do you want to disable SR? i_XpUser

I think it does a little more than contain the info for System Restore. I once deleted the System Volume Information on my drive, and then my computer didn't know what format my drive was (fat32, ntfs etc.). It totally screwed me over, so I formatted my drive deleting everything. Tarik Bizri, don't don anything to those folders, as a matter of fact, don't even think about the System Volume Information folders. Just leave them alone. However, if you want I supposed you could disable the System Restore for Drive E, since it's so big. To do that, Right click on My Computer, go to Properties, and then go to System Restore. Click on the Drive E, and then click on Settings and disable System Restore. Tosh Hida

Tarik Bizri My Computer- Properties - System Restore Tab Here you can Enable\Disable System Restore for each Drive Separately I would in any case leave Sys.Rest.Enabled on Drive C - the one with your OS on it Lesley

Look here for info What is System Volume Information Folder Quote: If you've done much wandering around in Windows Explorer you might have noticed a folder called System Volume Information and wondered what purpose it serves. It's actually a part of System Restore; the tool that allows you to set points in time to roll back your computer. The System Volume Information folder is where XP stores these points and associated information that makes them accessible. If you have System Restore enabled but don't see this folder, go into [Tools] [Folder Options] [View] and click the radio button next to [Show Hidden Files and Folders] and it will be visible. How many System Volume Information folders your computer has and where they are located depends on the settings you've selected for System Restore. i_XpUser

Hi Lesley, I didn't see your post when I posted mine. Have a Safe Computing Weekend :-)) i_XpUser

I check it out too, in my XP Home. Windows Explorer will let me do anything with it, except open it. It is in all partitions. In The View tab of Folder Options, you are recommended to have Hide System Files check marked.