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The System Volume Information folder is hidden for good reason. Any changes made to this
folder or it contents will corrupt all existing restore points. That includes deleting
Individual restore points. The only way to remove individual restore points is to reduce
the disk space SR uses to store them. This will remove restore points on a FIFO (first in
first out) basis. Or as Will pointed out, all but the newest restore point can be deleted
using Disk Cleanup or all can be deleted by disabling SR. It's not necessary to enter the
SVI folder to do so.
For more on System Restore click on the link below my signature.
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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
All Things Mopar wrote:
> On this date, annonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
> extended this wisdom for the consideration of other
> readers...
>
>> I know there is a way of deleting all old stored Restore
>> Points, but I have forgotten how to do it, although I did
>> do it once before.
>>
>> I think it is time I did it again, so will someone
>> knowledgeable remind me how to do it? Thank you.
>>
>>
> You need to give yourself administrative access to the
> System Volume Information folder on your C:\ drive. I
> hope you've got XP Pro, it is much harder to do this with
> the Home Edition.
>
> First, be sure that simple file sharing is turned off.
> Then, click on the Sharing and Security link for the SVI
> folder in Properties and add yourself as an authorized
> user of this folder. Of course, you have to have
> administrator power to do that but you don't necessarily
> need to be logged on as /the/ Administrator for the PC.
>
> The reason for turning simple file sharing off first is
> that the Security tab is missing on the Properties page
> for a folder if you don't. Since there is only simple
> file sharing in Home, that makes it a lot tougher.
>
> You can figure out which folders full of RP data you want
> to delete by looking at the creation dates, but if you
> want to verify which RP is which, look at the file rp.log
> with notepad. It is a binary file, not really text, but
> the name given to the RP can be read. It'll be System
> Checkpoint or a name you gave it or whatever caused the
> RP to be created, such as installing an XP patch,
> installing or un-installing software and hardware, etc.
> Took me quite a while to find which file contained the
> name of the RP, which was quite frustrating.
>
> If you have trouble figuring this out, post more
> questions. It took me almost a week after I asked about
> this last year because I couldn't follow the suggestions
> I was given. But, once you "crack the code", it's a piece
> of cake.
>
> Now, if somebody can only tell me /why/ users with
> adminstrator power are locked out of the SVI folder in the
> first place, I'd be interested to know! It really pisses
> me off when Windoze decides to vainly try to protect me
> from myself by restricting what I can do when I already
> have the highest access level available.
>
> Good luck.