Removing directory containing unused "System Volume Inform..

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Hi Dan,

Recycler is the Recycle Bin from the deleted partition.
System Volume Information is where System Restore stored it's files
for that partition.

You will have to take ownership of the folders to delete them.
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;308421

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Dan" <"prograde49 NO SPAMMIN wrote:
> One of my hdd's had been partitioned into 3, using
> partition magic. I merged one small, empty partition
> into one of the remaining 2. PM placed the files on this
> small, now defunct partition (Recycler & System Volume
> Information) into a folder in the partition to which the
> smaller partition was merged. When I try to delete this
> folder, I get the infuriating "access denied" (ever have
> your car tell you "access denied" when you attempt to
> make a left turn or open the glove box? ;-). How can I
> get rid of this file? I tried resetting its attributes
> to remove "read only", but it keeps resetting them
> immediately. Also tried deleting it from a safe mode
> command prompt (ever miss dos???), no dice. It takes up
> no space, but just as a matter of principle I want to get
> rid of it ;-)
> TIA
>
> Dan

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"Dan" <"prograde49 NO SPAMMIN "@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uiISSkPSFHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
> Bert-Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I knew what the files were, I was just
> surprised that since they weren't the files for the current OS (actually
> on another hdd altogether) that I could not access them. The process
> you pointed out did the trick, but what a rigamaroll!!! I noticed when I
> checked the "ownership" (What a concept! Silly me, I thought I had
> "ownership" when I BOUGHT the damned machine! ;-) that it had it set as
> "administrator", rather than the "name" I picked when installing the OS
> (which I did just recently). I could have sworn I set my "name" as
> having "administrator" privileges! How can I once and for all get ALL
> access to ALL aspects of the PC under my default log in? I am the only
> one using this box, frankly I've always found all this "name/login
> id/administrator" stuff to be a real pita on a single user PC.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Dan

If the OS is WinXP, certain folders and files 'belong' to the operating
system, not to you. Not even to the Administrator.

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Thanks Frank, I guess what confused me was that on this particular file,
the owner was said to be administrator. Under safe mode as Bert
explained I signed in as my log in (not administrator, since I thought I
had all those privileges, the log in name is listed as having such in
control panel/user accounts) yet still I had to add my log in to the
owner list, although it had administrator listed there already. If my
log in is named as administrator in cp/user accounts, does this mean I
have as much access as I am going to without taking "unusual" measures,
like the safe mode dodge? Is there a particularly good site for info on
all these access/privileges issues?

Dan

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP wrote:
> "Dan" <"prograde49 NO SPAMMIN "@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uiISSkPSFHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>
>> Bert-Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I knew what the files were, I was just
>> surprised that since they weren't the files for the current OS (actually
>> on another hdd altogether) that I could not access them. The process
>> you pointed out did the trick, but what a rigamaroll!!! I noticed when I
>> checked the "ownership" (What a concept! Silly me, I thought I had
>> "ownership" when I BOUGHT the damned machine! ;-) that it had it set as
>> "administrator", rather than the "name" I picked when installing the OS
>> (which I did just recently). I could have sworn I set my "name" as
>> having "administrator" privileges! How can I once and for all get ALL
>> access to ALL aspects of the PC under my default log in? I am the only
>> one using this box, frankly I've always found all this "name/login
>> id/administrator" stuff to be a real pita on a single user PC.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Dan
>
>
> If the OS is WinXP, certain folders and files 'belong' to the operating
> system, not to you. Not even to the Administrator.
>