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System Volume Information
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Original Message
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Name: Ahsan
Date: January 27, 2003 at 07:53:47 Pacific
Subject: System Volume Information
OS: WinXP
CPU/Ram: 1.7GH'z/384
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Comment: Hello There,
i found the folder's name"System Volume Information"in every drive of windowsXP based system,what is it,is it safe to delete.
Thanx
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Response Number 1
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Name: cold613
Date: January 27, 2003 at 07:58:25 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)this file is empty on my drives and i also have wondered what its purpose is because it stays empty but i do know that on my drives it cannot be deleted.
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Response Number 2
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Name: bhav
Date: January 27, 2003 at 08:01:28 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Nothing to worry I think it has something
to do with system restore(not sure). I'm guessing you have system restore
disabled-that could be a reason why it is
empty.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Sandman
Date: January 27, 2003 at 08:09:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Bhav is right. It does have to do with System Restore. It's where your files are backed up to. If System Restore is disabled it will be empty. Sandman
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Response Number 4
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Name: cold613
Date: January 27, 2003 at 08:16:26 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)my system restore is on and it is still empty...so i dont think thats what the file is used for...i wouldnt turn off system restore its too important.
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Response Number 5
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Name: bhav
Date: January 27, 2003 at 08:24:57 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)just remember - system restore is great
as long as it works, all the time i have
required its services it has messed up(or
may be i have) ;) takes up too much drive space too for my
puny 15gigs.
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Response Number 6
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Name: JohnO
Date: January 27, 2003 at 10:16:39 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thought I'd mention: I have XP Home, System Restore is disabled. I don't have System Volume Information on my computer anywhere?
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Response Number 7
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Name: Ronnie Ratt
Date: January 28, 2003 at 00:01:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can enable/disable System Restore for any drive via the My Computer properties. Once disabled for a drive that folder can be removed. The file that creates the SVI folder is sr.sys in both System32\dllcache [backup] and ..\Drivers. System File Checker will give you a hard time about it if you remove the file but that will permanently remove the SVI, as long as it has been turned off for all drives. System Restore backs up your Registry and other important system files from a restore point and can restore them, hence the name. Very handy if one messes around with their Registry alot like I do. You may only really need System Restore for your system drive but that is debatable I suppose. I turned it off all other drives. There is a program that can remove System Restore from ME but not it it works for XP.
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Response Number 8
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Name: Nigel Spike
Date: January 28, 2003 at 06:10:42 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you have Zone Alarm then System Restore does not make automatic restore points, so your folder may be empty anyway if you have not made any manual restore points. This is the only disadvantage of ZA. Nigel
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