From: wa0goz@arrl.net   
      
   Grinder wrote:   
   > On 8/3/2010 8:43 PM, Henry wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > How did you accidentally put it on your external drive?  Do you remember   
   > specifically doing something, or did you just notice it one day?   
   >   
   > It is a part of the NTFS file system, and contains System Restore   
   > points, and maybe some other junk.  Stop picking at it.   
      
   I made the mistake of using a program that transfered my whole C:\   
   drive to the Seagate external drive.  So the System Volume Information   
   folder that is on the external drive is my System Volume Information   
   folder from my C:\ drive. Since I turned off System Restore for the   
   Seagate, the folder has zero information in it.  I know it was a dumb   
   mistake.  The file wasn't on there until I made the stupid mistake. My   
   wife's Seagate external drive does *not* have that file on it, so the   
   drive didn't make the file on it's own. Since I've been trying to get   
   rid of it I now also have a folder called RECYCLER on the drive and I   
   can't get rid of that either.   
      
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