Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files called
system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers and letters,
these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on my hard drive.

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these files please.

those files are files created by system restore. you can delete all but the
most recent restore point by running Disk Cleanup on the drive. In My
Computer, right-click the drive, go to Properties, and then click on Disk
Cleanup. Once there, click on the More Options tab, and click on the cleanup
button in the System Restore section. that should delete most of the files.

"steven29" wrote:

> Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files called
> system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers and letters,
> these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on my hard drive.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these files please.
>

System Volume Information contains your restore points.

You can, if you wish, reduce the amount of space allocated to restore
points. This will, of course, reduce the number of restore points Windows
can create.

--
Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"steven29" <steven29@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C5D0F7C5-BFF1-4443-A73E-7F401F807E6E@microsoft.com...
> Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files called
> system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers and letters,
> these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on my hard drive.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these files please.
>

Steven


The amount of free space is very important when running Disk Defragmenter. A
minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive /
partition
contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second and
third
time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put files
more prone to
fragment in their own partitions.

If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
running
Disk Defragmenter is helpful.

Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a fragmented
file is
larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files is not
fragmented.
Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files around and
can
reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. The
more free
space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all fragments
will be
eliminated.

Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter.
Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is in use
whilst
Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting Utilities
e.g.
Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space. Another
option is to
place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is best
located as the first
partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file at the
original
location.
http://www.raxco.com/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"steven29" <steven29@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files called
> system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers and letters,
> these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on my hard drive.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these files please.
>

"steven29" <steven29@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C5D0F7C5-BFF1-4443-A73E-7F401F807E6E@microsoft.com...
> Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files called
> system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers and letters,
> these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on my hard drive.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these files please.
>
As others have said, those are system restore files. From a practical
standpoint, as the files are very seldom accessed, their fragmentation, if
any, is not important.
Jim

Hi Steven,

There is no need to defrag the SVI folder. I would suggest reducing the
amount of space uses to hold restore points to save space and reduce
problems with System Restore.

Here are some tips on adjusting disk space and keeping System Restore
Healthy.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html#AdjustDiskSpace

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

steven29 wrote:
> Whenever I defrag the computer it can never defrag a list of files
> called system volume information/restore and then a bunch of numbers
> and letters, these files are taking up about 5 gigs of room on my
> hard drive.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get rid of these files please.