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Can't Clear System Restore Files. System Check Virus the Cause?
About a month ago I managed to get the infamous System Check virus on my computer. I was shocked that it happened, I was at the time doing a google image search.
Anyway I managed to remove the virus, unhide my files, and restore all my start menu shortcuts. During the removal process, I cleared all of my previous system restores as an extra precaution.
Lately I've been noticing that I have been running quite low on disk space for no known reason. After investigating I saw that my System Volume Information folder is quite large (15GB). Further investigating shows specifically the System Restore folder inside the System Volume Information folder is taking up most of the space. System restore is disabled, there shouldn't be anything in that folder.
It appears the virus attempted to copy the entire contents of my C drive and hide it in the system restore folder. Obviously there isn't enough space on my drive to have everything duplicated, but it did duplicate 15GB of data. I desperately need to reclaim this drive space but no matter what I do, I cannot clear the contents of this folder.
I've tried toggling system restore on and off (it's currently off).
I've tried running an elevated command prompt resizing shadowstorage.
I've tried taking ownership of the folder then simply deleting the files and folders, nothing happens. The files and folders remain where they were.
I've tried disk cleanup, it is unable to find any System Restores and thinks all the data is cleaned up.
I've tried CCleaner, it also thinks there's currently no System Restores.
I've also tried sticking the drive into another Windows 7 computer and deleting them from there, that didn't work either.
Basically I've tried every step listed here, to no avail: System Protection Restore Points - Delete
Any help would be greatly appreciated.