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pablo

Hi,

Can someone explain me why is there a folder with that
name in each of my drives partition? All my drives are
FAT32 and I'm using WinXP. Can someone explain me how it
works or how Windows use them? Is there a way to remove
them or it is essential to have a folder on each
partition? On some partition this folder can go up to
860Mb and on others 2Mb, is there a reason? Thanks for
your help.

Pablo,
 
Hi,

This is the System Restore folder for each partition. Even if deactivated
for that particular drive, the folder will still exist.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
pablo said:
Can someone explain me why is there a folder with that
name in each of my drives partition? All my drives are
FAT32 and I'm using WinXP.

They contain the data that has been stored up for that drive in 'restore
points' by System Restore. On a purely data drive it is probably not
worth having SR active anyway - though there will still be an empty
'place holder' folder. You turn it off for a drive at System - System
Restore, highlight the drive and check 'Disable'. Once OK-ed out,
restart, and check that the drive's SVI folder is now empty
 
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