The System Volume Information folder is where system restore information is held. I first came across it in Windows ME, it is found in all flavours of Windows XP and Windows Vista. It is a very underated/inderused Windows tool, I have found it to be a life saver many times, I create restore points before and after installing new drivers or software. I manually configure System Restore depending on the number and size of the hard drives on the system. Normally I will turn off System restore for non System Drives, Reserving 12% of a 250 Gig Data Drive is a lot of wasted space. More info here http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_volume_information_folder1.htm and here http://www.theeldergeek.com/system_restore.htm
A system volume information folder is included in every root drive. The folder contains information such as system restore points, link tracking services, and content indexing services.
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"If I delete the system volume information folder then will it have any effect on my computer?"
yes you can delete the system volume info folder but they are very important in waorking of OS(operating system) so i advise you not to delete it
you can get access to the system volume information folder. follow the steps on this site -
Yeah but you will not be able to listen to anything
In any Windows system after Windows 3, you've removed the basic system dll's and the system will utterly fail either shortly after that or it will not start again at all. That folder is one of the most dangerous things to mess with in Windows.
Never delete anything from the WINDOWS folder in 'my computer'. This folder holds everything important that the computer need to run such as program files. The most important folder in WINDOWS is "System 32", never delete it.
The folder "System Volume Information" is a hidden system folder located in the root of the drive and is used by windows to hold system restore points. C:\System Volume Information\_ Restore folder
The System Information Utility is an all-in-one hardware and software display tool. You can locate the System Information in the Utilities folder within your Applications folder.
Open c:\. Click Tools-->Folder Options. Put a bullet in "show hidden files" and check the box that says "Hide protected operating system files." Then, browse to c:\system volume information. Proceed as you would like.
First of all try to reboot computer and make one more attempt. If it did not work there are at least two situations: first one is you do not have permission to delete the folder. You need take the ownership for that folder if you want to delete it. Second one is there are some hidden files which get loaded when the operating system starts. You can try using msconfig to fix (Win -> Run -> msconfig), if it did not help you have check the registry manually for the folder which you want to delete. After that you need delete all those registry keys where the folder name is mentioned. Also you might want to boot in the Safe mode and delete folder from there.
Windows 7 Turn off "hide protected operating system files" then you can see the recycle.bin folder and delete it.
You could delete the system 32 file, in your windows folder.