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08-03-2008
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| Home premium 32 bit, SP1 | System Volume Information Hello everyone, Found it in my D drive ....... System Volume Information. I think I know what it is. However, I'd like to hear it from people who really know. Also, should it be on D drive, my recovery partition ? Thank you. |
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08-03-2008
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| | Re: System Volume Information t-4-2 wrote: Quote: > > Hello everyone, > Found it in my D drive ....... System Volume Information. > I think I know what it is. However, I'd like to hear it from people who > really know. > Also, should it be on D drive, my recovery partition ? > Thank you. > > be monitoring your D: drive. Turn it off on that drive. http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disabledrivev.html Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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08-03-2008
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| | Re: System Volume Information Malke wrote: Quote: > t-4-2 wrote: > Quote: >> Hello everyone, >> Found it in my D drive ....... System Volume Information. >> I think I know what it is. However, I'd like to hear it from people who >> really know. >> Also, should it be on D drive, my recovery partition ? >> Thank you. >> >> > be monitoring your D: drive. Turn it off on that drive. > > http://bertk.mvps.org/html/disabledrivev.html > > Malke machine system volume information folders show up all over the place, even on external drives that contain only user data and are not included in restore points. Can you educate me about this? -- Dave T. I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. |
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08-03-2008
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| Home premium 32 bit, SP1 | Re: System Volume Information  Quote: Originally Posted by Malke  t-4-2 wrote: Quote: > > Hello everyone, > Found it in my D drive ....... System Volume Information. > I think I know what it is. However, I'd like to hear it from people who > really know. > Also, should it be on D drive, my recovery partition ? > Thank you. > > be monitoring your D: drive. Turn it off on that drive. How to disable a monitored drive in Vista: Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - index ------------------------------------------------------------------------- No, you should not be monitoring your D: drive. Turn it off on that drive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the crazy part. I never turned it on. Anyway, now that it is there, can I just delete it ? Thank you. |
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08-03-2008
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| | Re: System Volume Information Dave T. wrote: Quote: > Malke, thanks for this info. Please fill me in on something. On my > machine system volume information folders show up all over the place, > even on external drives that contain only user data and are not included > in restore points. Can you educate me about this? > site. Start here: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/vista.html Use the drop-down menu on the webpage to get to other articles about System Restore. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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08-03-2008
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| | Re: System Volume Information t-4-2 wrote: Quote: > Hello Malke, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > No, you should not > be monitoring your D: drive. Turn it off on that drive. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Here is the crazy part. I never turned it on. > Anyway, now that it is there, can I just delete it ? > Thank you. and the file will be gone. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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08-03-2008
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| Home premium 32 bit, SP1 | Re: System Volume Information Quote: Originally Posted by Malke t-4-2 wrote: Quote: > Hello Malke, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > No, you should not > be monitoring your D: drive. Turn it off on that drive. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Here is the crazy part. I never turned it on. > Anyway, now that it is there, can I just delete it ? > Thank you. and the file will be gone. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - index Monitoring turned off, system rebooted. System Volume Information is still in the D: drive. |
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08-03-2008
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| | Re: System Volume Information t-4-2 wrote: Quote: > Hello Malke, > Monitoring turned off, system rebooted. System Volume Information is > still in the D: drive. > > have anything to say about it. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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08-03-2008
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| Home premium 32 bit, SP1 | Re: System Volume Information Quote: Originally Posted by Malke t-4-2 wrote: Quote: > Hello Malke, > Monitoring turned off, system rebooted. System Volume Information is > still in the D: drive. > > have anything to say about it. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - index |
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08-03-2008
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| | Re: System Volume Information "Malke" <malke@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uL%23xQCb9IHA.2060@xxxxxx Quote: > t-4-2 wrote: > Quote: >> Hello Malke, >> Monitoring turned off, system rebooted. System Volume Information is >> still in the D: drive. >> >> > You should be able to delete it then. If not, see if Bert Kinney's pages > have anything to say about it. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > although I have the System Restore Services disabled in both OSs, the SVI folders still appear in drives. |
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