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simon
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Post subject: 9GB in one unknown Windows file wtf? ^^; Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:23 pm |
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I've recently come to find that this file located below
C:\System Volume Information\
is nearly 9GB and is increased by Windows, I'm taking a guess and saying its my recovery folder, so if I ever do bother recovering its all there (I usually just format and get it over with... >.>). Ummm, firstly, can anyone tell me exactly what it is and secondly can you tell me if it's ok to remove it from my hard-drive as 10GB that appears to be doing nothing on my poor 80GB hard-drive, this space is very valuable.
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Apocalypse
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:28 pm |
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Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:26 am Posts: 3152 Location: Ireland
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It should be a folder not a file.
It should also be hidden.
It's the folder which stores system restore information for your restore points etc., it has other functions aswell
I wouldnt delete anything in there
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Last edited by Apocalypse on Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:33 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:38 pm |
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its taking less space on disk? thats a new one...
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Apocalypse
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:41 pm |
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You should have had to change a few things(permission/file ownership etc.) to be even allowed open the folder....did you?? (doesnt really matter...just wondering. It would be wierd if u didnt...)
It's a system operating folder...
as i already said.....i'd leave it alone.
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:44 pm |
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Apocalypse wrote: You should have had to change a few things(permission/file ownership etc.) to be even allowed open the folder....did you?? (doesnt really matter...just wondering. It would be wierd if u didnt...)
as i already said.....i'd leave it alone.
Ermmm... yus I did add my username to the permissions >.>
BUT only to see why my space has gone to one damn file!
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:48 pm |
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There are people here who know way more than me. You can always wait for one of them
or get another Hard drive
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:50 pm |
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Ok, I done some homework and it is what I thought it was. It's a stupid Restore Point Folder! > <
System Restore and everytime you install uninstall or whatever it logs that and creates a restore point. But apparently I am able to disable is
So... now all I have to do is some snooping around to find it, I seem to remember seeing the option to turn it off before.
If you are interested in a little information about it then heres a linky ^^;
hxttp://www.theeldergeek.com/system_volume_information_folder1.htm
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:54 pm |
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Apocalypse wrote: There are people here who know way more than me. You can always wait for one of them or get another Hard drive
Getting another Hard-drive isn't an option for me... if it were I would have bought a 200GB long before now. >.>
Reason is... I own one of these crappy things.
hxttp://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/biostar_ideq_200n_review/images/01.jpg
Yes... I can actually take the floppy drive out (which I never use). I tried that... the IDE cable supplied was slightly to short and the drives are at two angle (annoying). I went out and bought a 90cm cable, but haven't used it yet (I think it's gona cause problems with the limited space I have though. Also... I kinda... miss-placed the panel that sits in place of the floppy drive, so I don't wanna get another HDD til I get a new PC ^^;
Edit: PS. I also found how to shrink and turn off the amount it uses. If I wanted I could probs delete it without any problems. But I think that with it using only 1.5GB on my HDD is ok
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:32 pm |
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To turn off System restore, (or lower the disk-space it uses):
-Go to your My computer properties (right-click)
-Go to the sustem-restore tab, and there you can either turn it off entirely for the drive, or set a smaller amount of diskspace for it, through the "settings" button.
Hope this helps. Kinda late, you probably already found it
EDIT: whoops, you already did. Well, this is for the other folks who stumble on this problem
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simon
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:42 pm |
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KholdStare =GCHQ= wrote: To turn off System restore, (or lower the disk-space it uses): -Go to your My computer properties (right-click) -Go to the sustem-restore tab, and there you can either turn it off entirely for the drive, or set a smaller amount of diskspace for it, through the "settings" button. Hope this helps. Kinda late, you probably already found it EDIT: whoops, you already did. Well, this is for the other folks who stumble on this problem
Hehe, yus my suspisions were correct, I found it indeed as you already know.... now . I just turned it off. I hate system restore it's never actually worked for me... I suppose I should allocate a little space for it, maybe 200MB, I think I can stop if from monitoring my hard-drive so it doesn't track everything I install or uninstall only what I put in. ^^;
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