Hijacked Hard Drive

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From: Ric (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:09:27 -0700

I recently found out that there is a portion of the hard
drive called "System Volume Information" (it's in the
root directory) where restore points and god knows what
else is stored by the operating system. I say this
because you aren't allowed to access this directory and
you should be able to.

I have a virus lurking in one of my restore points and I
recently asked how it could be deleted. I'd like to thank
the folks who helped me figure out how to fix this
concern.

In a perfect world, I'd just go in and delete that file.
But I am not even allowed to access the information
in "System Volume Information." I'm sure that Microsoft
would argue that this is for my protection. However, I
can go in and change system files, kill my machine with
nary a wimper from Windows.

I am going to ask my lawyer about the legalities of this.
I think that it is odd that Microsoft has claimed space
on my hard drive that I can't access.

Again, I'd like to say thanks to all of the people who
spend hours of their time in these groups to help out
those of us less computer literate.

Sincerely,

Ric

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