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|    Henry to Sjouke Burry    |
|    Re: System Volume Information needed    |
|    03 Aug 10 20:43:43    |
      From: wa0goz@arrl.net              Sjouke Burry wrote:              > 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.       As I said in my original email, this is *not* the one on my C:\ drive       but one that I accidentally put on my external hard drive. It's not       needed there.              Henry              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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