System Volume Information- A Question

[Gary]

My hard drive is partitioned into 4 drives. Each one has a file on it
called "System Volume Information". There must be something wrong
with one or several of these files, as I occasionally get an error
message from some program trying to scan the drives that the file is
corrupt.

What should this file be for? Can I safely erase it?

[Will Denny]

Hi

What error message(s) do you get? Those folders hold the files for System Restore. If those folders do hold corrupt files you can turn off SR for the appropriate drive(s), reboot, re-enable SR, then reboot again. That will delete all of those files, but will, at the same time delete any Restore points that have been created.

Will

"Gary" <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:rkc5hv4e3fv44s7gb4nvtuo09fphlv5bs8@4ax.com...

> My hard drive is partitioned into 4 drives. Each one has a file on it
> called "System Volume Information". There must be something wrong
> with one or several of these files, as I occasionally get an error
> message from some program trying to scan the drives that the file is
> corrupt.
>
> What should this file be for? Can I safely erase it?

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[relic]

Gary wrote:

> Perfect answer to a question about an obscure area! Thank you very
> much.
>

....And it's only been answered a few thousand times before in this group.

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[relic]

Unknown wrote:

> So what?

So do some research first, like looking through the newsgroup at least.

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