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   Message 145,263 of 146,966   
   Sjouke Burry to Henry   
   Re: System Volume Information needed   
   04 Aug 10 02:11:18   
   
   From: burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll   
      
   Henry wrote:   
   > I'm running a 3GHZ Dell with 2G RAM and WINXP Pro SP2 and a Seagate   
   > 500GB external Hard Drive.   
   >   
   > I won't bother your or embarrass me by stating I that I now have a   
   > folder on my Seagate drive entitled "System Volume Information" which   
   > doesn't belong there.  It has zero folders, zero files and zero bits   
   > of information in it.  It has a grayed out Read Only box under   
   > properties.  I've turned off System Restore for this drive, I've of   
   > course tried delete, and I've reformatted this drive twice.  I can not   
   > get rid of the folder.  Again, it's on my external hard drive, drive   
   > (K:\), it's *not* the one on my C:\ drive which I know enough to leave   
   > alone.   
   >   
   > Does any one know how I can get rid of this folder please?   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Henry   
   Yes, they are hidden xp system directory's and you cant get rid of them.   
   Even if you could, you should not.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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