system volume information folder

[Ken1]

Hello all!

I've screwed up, I don't know how it happened but I was moving around some stuff and something happened with the open windows (got stucked to the cursor) and when I got it to stop (I've got a new mouse with some small buttons on the side, and I've not managed to get used to them .. however I will disable those)

Well the problem is that when I got to unhook that window from my cursor my 300Gb + mp3 folder was gone .. man it almost gave me a heartattack, cause I've been working on that thing for years basically ...

I found it, it's somehow inside the "D:\system volume information" folder, and if I dragg it out to the root of the D drive it dissapears from the sys vol dir, but doesn't show up in the root at the D drive .. ?? and then if I go out from the sys vol dir and go back in again (basically refresh) then there it is again ..

summary: ... cannot move my mp3 folder back to the D:\ folder since it accidently got moved to d:\system volume information ..

please help .. I'm nervous like a cat on a hot tin roof

Thanks

//Ken1

 

[richc46]

Hello all!

I've screwed up, I don't know how it happened but I was moving around some stuff and something happened with the open windows (got stucked to the cursor) and when I got it to stop (I've got a new mouse with some small buttons on the side, and I've not managed to get used to them .. however I will disable those)

Well the problem is that when I got to unhook that window from my cursor my 300Gb + mp3 folder was gone .. man it almost gave me a heartattack, cause I've been working on that thing for years basically ...

I found it, it's somehow inside the "D:\system volume information" folder, and if I dragg it out to the root of the D drive it dissapears from the sys vol dir, but doesn't show up in the root at the D drive .. ?? and then if I go out from the sys vol dir and go back in again (basically refresh) then there it is again ..

summary: ... cannot move my mp3 folder back to the D:\ folder since it accidently got moved to d:\system volume information ..

please help .. I'm nervous like a cat on a hot tin roof

Thanks

//Ken1

Lets try the easy way first. Just go to back up and restore, to a point prior to the problem, and restore. If you are not sure how thats done just follow instructions below:



Just go to help and information, and type back up and restore, follow instructions. You will be good to go in no time. In the case of problems, just return and we will be here for you.

 

[SIW2]

ShadowExplorer.com - Manual

ShadowExplorer.com - Downloads

 

[Ken1]

Hello all!

I've screwed up, I don't know how it happened but I was moving around some stuff and something happened with the open windows (got stucked to the cursor) and when I got it to stop (I've got a new mouse with some small buttons on the side, and I've not managed to get used to them .. however I will disable those)

Well the problem is that when I got to unhook that window from my cursor my 300Gb + mp3 folder was gone .. man it almost gave me a heartattack, cause I've been working on that thing for years basically ...

I found it, it's somehow inside the "D:\system volume information" folder, and if I dragg it out to the root of the D drive it dissapears from the sys vol dir, but doesn't show up in the root at the D drive .. ?? and then if I go out from the sys vol dir and go back in again (basically refresh) then there it is again ..

summary: ... cannot move my mp3 folder back to the D:\ folder since it accidently got moved to d:\system volume information ..

please help .. I'm nervous like a cat on a hot tin roof

Thanks

//Ken1

Lets try the easy way first. Just go to back up and restore, to a point prior to the problem, and restore. If you are not sure how thats done just follow instructions below:



Just go to help and information, and type back up and restore, follow instructions. You will be good to go in no time. In the case of problems, just return and we will be here for you.

Thank you rich!!

I tried to access the backup / restore application .. and all I get is a window
saying X an internal error has occured
the parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)

?

I want to say that I have not yet been able to afford the release
so I'm still using the last beta ..

thanks a bunch for helping me .. it means alot
//Ken1

 

[richc46]

Hello all!

I've screwed up, I don't know how it happened but I was moving around some stuff and something happened with the open windows (got stucked to the cursor) and when I got it to stop (I've got a new mouse with some small buttons on the side, and I've not managed to get used to them .. however I will disable those)

Well the problem is that when I got to unhook that window from my cursor my 300Gb + mp3 folder was gone .. man it almost gave me a heartattack, cause I've been working on that thing for years basically ...

I found it, it's somehow inside the "D:\system volume information" folder, and if I dragg it out to the root of the D drive it dissapears from the sys vol dir, but doesn't show up in the root at the D drive .. ?? and then if I go out from the sys vol dir and go back in again (basically refresh) then there it is again ..

summary: ... cannot move my mp3 folder back to the D:\ folder since it accidently got moved to d:\system volume information ..

please help .. I'm nervous like a cat on a hot tin roof

Thanks

//Ken1

Lets try the easy way first. Just go to back up and restore, to a point prior to the problem, and restore. If you are not sure how thats done just follow instructions below:



Just go to help and information, and type back up and restore, follow instructions. You will be good to go in no time. In the case of problems, just return and we will be here for you.

Thank you rich!!

I tried to access the backup / restore application .. and all I get is a window
saying X an internal error has occured
the parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)

?

I want to say that I have not yet been able to afford the release
so I'm still using the last beta ..

thanks a bunch for helping me .. it means alot
//Ken1

Did you make a system Image?

 

[Ken1]

I don't get that application .. I downloaded it, installed it and when I start it all it come up with is an empty window ?? and nothing in the drop down boxes .. they are empty ???

//Ken

 

[SIW2]

Go to Services and make Task scheduler and Volume Shadow Copy service are running - before trying Shadow Explorer

 

[SIW2]

If the boxes are empty - you have no shadow copies.

Are you able to copy and paste the mp3 folder - instead of trying to move it.

 

[Ken1]

If the boxes are empty - you have no shadow copies.

Are you able to copy and paste the mp3 folder - instead of trying to move it.

thanks for helping me siw !!

I'm trying it now using a program called powercopy ..it failed to copy a few files in the first minute but now it seems to copy them .. but it's gonna take 5.5 hours to complete it says but thats ok if it works ..it's 63670 files 5273 folder 327gb ..
so I will cross my fingers ..

thanks .. I will let you guys know later when it's completed ...

//Ken1

 

[SIW2]

Good luck with it.

Might be a good idea to keep a backup copy of anything really important on an external device in future - you never know when you may need it.

 

[richc46]

If that does not work, you still have shadow copy. I am sure that you will be able to restore the files.

 

[Ken1]

Update - Solved

Thank you guys for helping me with this, it did work to copy the folder so now
I hope to just delete that folder that are stored inside (the system volume folder)

But before that I will do a safe copy to an external device like I do every now and then, but this time when it happened yesterday I suddenly realized it was 5-6 weeks ago since I last made a safety copy, and since I work on it on a daily basis at least 1 h a day it was a lot of work too loose.

Thank you rich46 and
Thank you SIW2

for helping me solving that problem.


you all have a good one
//Ken1

 

[Ken1]

well lets change status to almost solved

Hello again, the filecopy is completed, the backup is completed, but now not so very surprisingly I cannot delete the folder from system volume information folder ..

I tried to use the "cleanup" drive thingy but didn't do it, tried take ownership and then delete .. didn't do it either .. it's over 300gb so I need the space, otherwise I would just have left it there ..but thats too much space to waste .

I am very surprised that it is possible to copy stuff into that folder and then not get rid of it ??



any ideas anyone?

//Ken1

 

[johnhoh]

trying using the built-in command line program icacls

Icacls command problem - Vista Forums

 

[Ken1]

Johnhoh !

Thanks for helping me.

I'm afraid I don't understand how to use it, I checked the "icacls help" and the link you provided .. but I cannot figure out how to apply it to my problem.

in my D:\system volume information
folder I've managed to copy a folder named "ken1_jukebox" and that's the one I want to get rid off but no luck so far.
full path : D:\System Volume Information\ken1_jukebox

I do not understand why it is so hard to get rid of ? and why is it possible to
copy stuff (by mistake) into the folder when I cannot delete them?

 

[GrandPaFred]

at times I've found when a folder wouldn't delete I've...

1/ deleted the files within it - they'd delete maybe because they were smaller?
2/ renamed the folder, rebooted computer and then the folder would delete without problems

Believe above happened with an antivirus program I was trying to remove after partial uninstall

 

[Ken1]

Well I finally got rid of the folder by doing the obvious (which didn't cross my mind until this morning) ..booted into a linux live disk ..and baaam!
history

want to thank everybody for taking an interest in my problem ...
would have been more elegant to really solve it ..but I took a shortcut



//Ken1

 

[jimbrandt2000]

Here is the easy way to fix this

Example is drive K folder name myfolder

run cmd32 in admin mode
cd K:\
cd system*
move myfolder K:\
exit

That is it, you got it back...

 

[MuppetDevil]

Fast way to fix, Download Ubuntu 11.10 or later (earlier will work also). Make a live CD by burning the .iso file.
Then boot from the CD chose the option to Try Ubuntu. Let it finish booting. Press the Home icon on the toolbar on the left.
Now your in ubuntu's file explorer. Navigate to the drive (will have the same names as they did in windows) you'll be able to see and copy/move/delete files from the system volume folder.

Enjoy.

 

[angie214]

ouch! that's what i need today..restore my files..huhuhuhu