tell me how to delete System Volume Information on D:

I delete it, but it stays there, nothing happened. How can I delete it?
And is it safe to do?

Windows needs that. Well, it certainly wants it.


See: http://indrajitc.wordpress.com/2008/...e-information/

Julio Andretti said:

I delete it, but it stays there, nothing happened. How can I delete it?
And is it safe to do?

Check the box at "hide system files", you won't even know it's there.

System information is were your System Restore points and other stuff are stored.

The System Volume Information can get bloated pretty fast over time; mainly by installing and uninstalling programs.

Open the Disk Cleanup utility, go to the More Options tab and and Cleanup the System Restore.
it will delete all your restore points except the last one.

moontan

You can set the max allocated space in System Volume Information for each disk by System Restore.

Open the Control Panel and click System, or right-click on Computer / Properties. The System window will open, where you can see your WEI, comp name, etc. On the left click on System protection to open that dialog. One by one select each drive under Protection Settings and click Configure. There you can select the max amount it will use for the drive's System Volume Information folder, or none at all. I only enable it for my system drive.

TGSoldier said:

Disable system restore.

Only if you have a safe image of your system, because it saved me many times while testing stuff.

monstron said:

Only if you have a safe image of your system, because it saved me many times while testing stuff.

+++1

I do system backups fairly often but still like sys restore for those tweaks that didn't quite work as advertsed . Especially with Win 7 where I've been trying all kinds of things to see what works and what doesn't, sys restore has been a real boon.

I have disabled system protection (system restore) on drive D, but it's still standing.