turn off use of System Volume Information

[Frank]

How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.

I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
deleted when I choose to do so.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html &
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#Adjust

Frank wrote:
> How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
> directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
> drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
> manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.
>
> I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
> deleted when I choose to do so.

 

[Paul]

Frank wrote:
> How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
> directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
> drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
> manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.
>
> I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
> deleted when I choose to do so.

http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/System_Restore:_Limitations_and_Complications

That would suggest to me, you want to

1) Disable System Restore on all partitions except C:
Control of which partitions are tracked, is shown here.

http://www.winxpfix.com/pics files/system-restore.jpg

2) On the C: partition, only store user data files in
My Documents. That way, they won't be tracked.

That might avoid some of the undesired side effects.

If you store user data in Cdownloads for example, then that
would be tracked. I only discovered this, the hard way (by noticing
my user data had changed).

If you want to be absolutely sure that no files are
tracked at all, then just turn it off entirely. You
can replace the function, with backups of your C: drive.
That is better than nothing.

Paul

 

[im]

Re: turn off use of System Volume Information - SystemProperties.JPG (0/1)

XP Pro SP3 -- I do not have a "System Restore" tab. Just
General Computer Name Hardware
Advanced Auto Updates Remote

Looking through all the tabs, I don't see any SR references.
Also looked through the Manage option without luck, although there was
a reference to the (non-existent) SR tab on the properties menu.

I believe at one point I had to turn off simple file sharing in order
to get access to the System Volume Information folder. Is that
relevent?

(I'm attaching a small JPG of the properties window -- if I'm allowed)

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:58:53 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
<PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:

>See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html &
>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#Adjust
>
>Frank wrote:
>> How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
>> directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
>> drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
>> manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.
>>
>> I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
>> deleted when I choose to do so.

 

[im]

Re: turn off use of System Volume Information - SystemProperties.JPG (1/1)

 

[Donald Anadell]

Re: turn off use of System Volume Information - SystemProperties.JPG (0/1)

"im" <im@home.com> wrote in message
news7mi36h3jq0f0uljp5ffgl010699biab8j@4ax.com...
> XP Pro SP3 -- I do not have a "System Restore" tab. Just
> General Computer Name Hardware
> Advanced Auto Updates Remote

If you are not logged in as an Administrator, the "System Restore" tab will
not be displayed.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell



>
> Looking through all the tabs, I don't see any SR references.
> Also looked through the Manage option without luck, although there was
> a reference to the (non-existent) SR tab on the properties menu.
>
> I believe at one point I had to turn off simple file sharing in order
> to get access to the System Volume Information folder. Is that
> relevent?
>
> (I'm attaching a small JPG of the properties window -- if I'm allowed)
>
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:58:53 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
> <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html &
>>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#Adjust
>>
>>Frank wrote:
>>> How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
>>> directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
>>> drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
>>> manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.
>>>
>>> I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
>>> deleted when I choose to do so.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Frank wrote:
> How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
> directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
> drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
> manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.
>
> I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
> deleted when I choose to do so.


By default, WinXP sets aside a maximum of 12% of the partition's size
for storing System Volume Information, but the amount of space set aside
for this purpose can be adjusted by the user. Start > All Programs >
Accessories > System Tools > System Restore > System Restore Settings,
select the pertinent partition and click Settings. If you don't want to
use System Restore at all, simply turn off the System Restore feature
(Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore,
System Restore Settings) and reboot. This will delete all of your
Restore Points, freeing up the hard drive space.


--

Bruce Chambers

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[Frank]

Re: turn off use of System Volume Information - solved

Thanks all. It had been so long since I had logged in as admin that I
didn't try that. That was exactly what I was looking for.

I'll surely miss the newsgroups -- so much more efficient than web
forums.

Frank

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:15:08 -0400, "Donald Anadell"
<danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote:

>
>"im" <im@home.com> wrote in message
>news7mi36h3jq0f0uljp5ffgl010699biab8j@4ax.com...
>> XP Pro SP3 -- I do not have a "System Restore" tab. Just
>> General Computer Name Hardware
>> Advanced Auto Updates Remote
>
>If you are not logged in as an Administrator, the "System Restore" tab will
>not be displayed.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Donald Anadell
>
>
>
>>
>> Looking through all the tabs, I don't see any SR references.
>> Also looked through the Manage option without luck, although there was
>> a reference to the (non-existent) SR tab on the properties menu.
>>
>> I believe at one point I had to turn off simple file sharing in order
>> to get access to the System Volume Information folder. Is that
>> relevent?
>>
>> (I'm attaching a small JPG of the properties window -- if I'm allowed)
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:58:53 -0400, "PA Bear [MS MVP]"
>> <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>See http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html &
>>>http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#Adjust
>>>
>>>Frank wrote:
>>>> How do I disable the use of the "System Volume Information"
>>>> directories to store MBs of deleted data? Especially on several
>>>> drives where I manipulate large data files, I end up having to
>>>> manually delete all the files and subdirectories every few days.
>>>>
>>>> I do NOT want any Restore Point capability; I want to have files
>>>> deleted when I choose to do so.
>