How to clear System Volume Infomation?

Solnyshko · 8 Dec 2006 at 19:09

Just trying to free up much needed disk space and have discovered on running TreeSize Pro - 1,568mb is given over to System Volume Information. And most puzzlingly, the corresponding graph indicates a whopping 2,734mb associated with a file called "_restore {F73F117F-42A4-4583-90F0-CC2C15AA0BDB}"

When I click on this file (from within TreeSize) it breaks down into 9 separate entities named RP413 through to RP421 (presumably restore points?) matching when totalled up, the larger of the two figures: 2.7GB

so two questions

1. how do I best safely get rid of it?
2. Why the 1gig discrepancy?

bledd · 8 Dec 2006 at 19:27

disable system restore

all windows pc's have that folder its used for file format information i think..

just disable system restore and the size of the folder will dramatically decrease

Solnyshko · 8 Dec 2006 at 19:46

How radically though? is it safe to manually scrub the content?

Richdog · 8 Dec 2006 at 19:48

Disable system resotore... the space you're wanting to free up is all used by that feature. Disabling it will clear your restore points.

bledd · 8 Dec 2006 at 19:53

Solnyshko said:
How radically though? is it safe to manually scrub the content?

pretty sure you can't open the folder anyway..

just disable system restore

control panel, system, restore tab.

Solnyshko · 8 Dec 2006 at 20:01

Purged a lot of weight with one click! Thank you!

bledd · 8 Dec 2006 at 20:06

go to...

c:\windows

Tools, FolderOptions, View, Show Hidden Files and Folders

any folder with a $ in front of it can be safely deleted, these are windows update restore points (let you remove hotfixes if you need to) should save a few more mb..

also, this tool is a must have for temp files cleanup.. (has a regcleaner too)

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?f=3