System Volume Information Folder

NicoleN · Oct 28, 2015

I am a NOVICE in the computer arena. I have an external hard drive and my first issue is to clean out my System Volume Information folder. There are some folders of my personal stuff, from dreams to some church stuff. I have tried to delete them for they already have thier own folder in another place. It won't let me delete anything in the VIF folder. Enlighten/ direct me in what to do. Thank you

Phillip Corcoran · Oct 29, 2015

The SVI folder is a system folder which contains the System Restore data. The folder itself can't be deleted but you can wipe it's contents (ie all the restore points) by turning of System Restore for that drive.

Boogieman_WD · Oct 29, 2015

Hey there, Nicole.

The System Volume Information folder is used for system restore. It holds previous system restore points, which means that in case something unexpected happens because of installed software, update, corrupted data etc, you can restore your OS to a previous state, before the error happened. You can disable it completely (which is not really recommended) or change the size that it takes up on your hard drive. Here's how to do that: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ie/windows/turn-system-restore-on-off#1TC=windows-7. The link also contains a video with info on System Restore.

edit: Sorry, I didn't know there was already an answer.

Hope that helps.
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