Re: Hijacked Hard Drive

From: Crusty \(-: Old B_at_stard :-\) (B_at_stard)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:42:49 -0400

1. You are being a bit paranoid
2. You really have no idea what "system volume information" is for. If you
did, you would either leave it alone or disable its use.

It is there for the 99% of computer users that screw up their operating
system. It has enabled countless numbers to repair their system by going
back to an earlier configuration! 

-- 
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka  Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"Ric" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1db2f01c454af$5f9c3820$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>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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