Deleting 1 of 2 SysVols on a partitioned hard drive

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The System Volume Folder contains restore points. If you wish to turn off
System Restore for the drive, go to Start > Control Panel > System > System
Restore tab.
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Ted Zieglar


"Moxie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I am running XP Home Edition with SP2.
>
> I have one 80 gig hard drive partitioned into a C: and a
> D: drive. The hard drive is NTFS format.
>
> Operating system is loaded on C: and it boots from C:
>
> C: has a System Volume folder.
>
> D: has a System Volume folder. It has data files I use,
> but not much else.
>
> Question: Can I delete the system volume volume folder on
> the D: partition? What would happen if I did, or if I
> simply deleted its contents without deleting the folder
> itself? One of the subfolders in it (the sysvol on D 
> has some massive files.
>
> I am not touching the System Volume on C:
>
> Thanks,
>
> Moxie