System Volume Information Cleanup

[joseph]

Im running out of space on my 20 gb hard drive.I used
Treesize, a utility which summarizes all used space on a
given drive ( being c: ) and discovered that 2.5 gb were
being used by a folder called System Volume Information.
Is there any problem with simply deleting this folder?
are there specific procedures for cleaning it up? The
computer in question is a HP Laptop running Winxp pro.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanx

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Joseph;
System Volume Information is the System Restore data.
You do NOT want to delete the data directly.
You can delete all Restore Points by turning Off/On System Restore or
delete all but the last Restore Point by selecting Other Options in
Disk Cleanup.
The space will again fill up with these 2 options unless you leave
System Restore off (not recommended).

You can also adjust the space you use for System Restore.
Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools System Restore.
Click System Restore Settings on left side.
Adjust slider to left to reduce.

See this link for more information:
http://microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itcommunity/Newsgroups/FAQSRWXP.asp

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"joseph" > wrote in message
...
> Im running out of space on my 20 gb hard drive.I used
> Treesize, a utility which summarizes all used space on a
> given drive ( being c: ) and discovered that 2.5 gb were
> being used by a folder called System Volume Information.
> Is there any problem with simply deleting this folder?
> are there specific procedures for cleaning it up? The
> computer in question is a HP Laptop running Winxp pro.
> Any advice would be appreciated. Thanx