System Volume Information - why does it come back?

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Homer J. Simpson

I thought this folder was only created if you used System Restore?

I have multiple drives/partitions and have disabled System Restore on all
but the bootable/primary/OS drive (C:).

I grant myself full access to System Volume Information on all other
partitions, then delete the folder. The folder gets recreated after a
while.

Is there any way to permanently prevent this folder from being created on
those partitions that aren't even being monitored by System Restore?
 
Hi,

No, there is now way to permanently delete the SVI folder. System
Restore places one on every drive/partition it sees. As long as SR is
not set to monitor a partition, the SVI folder will remain empty. Hide
it and forget about it.
 
Mon said:
No, there is now way to permanently delete the SVI folder. System
Restore places one on every drive/partition it sees. As long as SR is
not set to monitor a partition, the SVI folder will remain empty. Hide
it and forget about it.
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In Explorer,

Tools >> Folder Options >> View >> Hide protected operating system
files (recommended).

This works even though I selected "Show hidden files and folders",
I'm glad to say. So I see ordinary hidden files but not the special
system ones.
 
Homer said:
I thought this folder was only created if you used System Restore?
I grant myself full access to System Volume Information on all other
partitions, then delete the folder. The folder gets recreated after a
while.
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No, it seems that Windows use that to put the index of the files on the
drive so when you use "Find files and folders" it checks those System
Volume Information.

But, it is ofter abused by various virus programs.

Its purpose is :
- System Restore points.
- Distributed Link Tracking Service databases for repairing your
shortcuts and linked documents.
- Content Indexing Service databases for fast file searches.
- Information used by the Volume Snapshot Service
- Longhorn systems keep WinFS databases here
 
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