Re: System Volume Information Won't Die
- From: "Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:21:59 -0400
Hi,
The System Volume Information (SVI) folder is a super hidden system
folder. There will be a SVI folder on each partition or volume Windows
sees. The SVI folder can not be permanently deleted on any partition of
volume. If a particular partition or volume is set to not be monitored
by System Restore, the Indexing Service is turned off, and EFS is not in
use, the SVI should be empty or nearly empty.
System Restore uses the SVI folder to store it's information and hold
restore points.
If the Indexing Service is turned on (it's turned off by default), it
will use the SVI folder to store files. This will evident by the
existence of a folder called catalog.wci. Keep in mind that having the
Indexing Service turned on can cause the SVI folder to grow very large.
If Encrypting File System (EFS) is in use, it will use the SVI folder to
store the log file that is generated during the encryption and
decryption process.
After making the partition changes you described, you will want to check
the "System Restore Setting" to make sure only the Windows or system
partition is the only partition being monitored by System Restore.
You will then want to test System Restore to make sure it is functioning
correctly.
To do so, create a new restore point named TEST.
Create a new shortcut on the desktop and point it to My Computer or any
other file of your choice and name it TEST.
Now restore to the Test restore point.
The system will now reboot, and you will receive a message if the
restore was successful, and the Test shortcut on the desktop will be
gone.
--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
"M and D" wrote
[Windows XP Home SP 2]
After reading some good advice in these newsgroups I decided to simplify
my life with fewer partitions. I used to have separate partitions for
Pictures, Music and Videos.
Using Partition Magic I combined the Music and Video partitions into the
partition formerly known as Pictures, which I renamed Media. Everything
went great.
Prior to combining the partitions, I moved the shell folders for My
Music and My Videos out of their former partitions into the Media
partition (formerly known as Pictures.) Everything went great.
When Partition Magic merges partitions, it combines their content, which
is as you would expect. Since I already moved \My Music and \My Videos,
there was nothing left in these partitions besides a few empty Windows
shell folders, including System Volume Information (SVI). I understand
that SVI is used by System Restore. So now I have the old SVI folders in
my Media partition, and here's the problem: I can't get rid of these
buggers.
I never understood why I had SVI folders in my former Pictures, Music
and Videos partitions, since they weren't being monitored by System
Restore. Anyway, now I'm stuck with the old SVI folders from my former
partitions.
I tried deleting them from Safe Mode, using both my Administrator
account and the machine Administrator account. No success. I tried
taking ownership...I already had ownership. I even tried deleting from a
command prompt in Safe Mode. No success. Can't delete them. Can't move
them.
What do I have to do to get rid of these SVI folders? Please don't
suggest the Recovery Console. I don't have a slipstream version and I'm
not going to make one just for this. Thanks for your help.
Daddy
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