"system volume information" is taking up half my disk space

wa2b

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Hi all,

I've just discovered this and looks like a PITA.
It's taking up over 200GB of my 478GB disk.

It says access denied if I try to delete it.
I went into System properties: the protections are all set to "off", I've lowered the max disc usage to 10% (down from 50%)

Why has it been creating so much data?
How can I get rid of it?

Thanks for your help

PS I'm running Win7 home edition so there is no "local users and groups" in my "computer management " panel... (so I can't create that real administrator account which would allow me to then go delete the files - as I've read in another thread)

 
Solution
Disable system restore, then if something is in those folder/s you can delete them

It's one thing I do, after I install Windows

I disable it for good, I dont need it

wa2b

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Dec 9, 2014
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Thanks for the reply, but I can't open the folder. It remained invisible until I used Treesize to see it.
Also, I can't seem to get into real administrator mode, which would allow me to empty the folder I guess.

PS. Yes the above worked.
in control panel system protection, configure, turn off, lower max usage and delete restore points.

Freed 200GB

Thanks a lot