system volume informatione

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" 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" wrote in message
...
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.