Is this a typical System Volume Information folder?
I would like to know what I am looking at here
By the way great utility for making space available or managing space on a disk
This screen shot shows a System Volume Folder and its content files:
What I do not know or understand here is are these all Microsoft files or could some be Norton System Recovery files?
Also there are files with access denied showing
Also What other third party software may have direct access to this folder or is this strictly Microsoft?
It could in fact be used by Norton or Symantec in its NIS(Norton Internet Security) or System Recovery Product(Now a Veritas product)
Any further information itemized would be hugely appreciated?
Can't seem to find the key values as file names shown there??? What gives?
Any real white papers on this folder and its possible contents. Obviously this is a vital OS folder - No touching by the user but still better to understand its components. Rather messy Microsoft! Why not neaten it up my g-d its messed up looking!!! Which is probably normal for Microsoft and you wonder why I am not jumping to Windows 10??
By the way the OS is Windows 7 SP1 latest important patches and drivers in place via PCReviver's analysis
Most of the optional patches were applied except for the unneeded unimportant patches
By the way great utility for making space available or managing space on a disk
This screen shot shows a System Volume Folder and its content files:
What I do not know or understand here is are these all Microsoft files or could some be Norton System Recovery files?
Also there are files with access denied showing
Also What other third party software may have direct access to this folder or is this strictly Microsoft?
It could in fact be used by Norton or Symantec in its NIS(Norton Internet Security) or System Recovery Product(Now a Veritas product)
Any further information itemized would be hugely appreciated?
Can't seem to find the key values as file names shown there??? What gives?
Any real white papers on this folder and its possible contents. Obviously this is a vital OS folder - No touching by the user but still better to understand its components. Rather messy Microsoft! Why not neaten it up my g-d its messed up looking!!! Which is probably normal for Microsoft and you wonder why I am not jumping to Windows 10??
By the way the OS is Windows 7 SP1 latest important patches and drivers in place via PCReviver's analysis
Most of the optional patches were applied except for the unneeded unimportant patches
David Johnson, CD
The most common use of SVI is for system restore points, it is also used for shadow copies, windows backup. AFAIK Norton doesn't / cannot use it.
main Question is what you want to know that for? what do you want to do?
if only for understanding MS Software - you need to read a book on it, or follow a training
you can access them directly if you boot from a live Linux CD
another similar tool is space sniffer : http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/
if only for understanding MS Software - you need to read a book on it, or follow a training
you can access them directly if you boot from a live Linux CD
another similar tool is space sniffer : http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/
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Norton Security does not hae it. But Veritas can use it to save the volume snapshots.
The technology to store snapshots (system restore points) in it for MS and Veritas is the same. As far as I remember it was first developed by Veritas and the pm Microsoft got this technology from Veritas. Then Symantec swallowed Veritas and used ghe same approach under their name.
In short - this folder contains system information about the file system and log of chkdsk. Plus volume snpashots. Don't try to remove anything directly from it. To get rid of the snapshots you can use either advanced system properties of Windows or use commandline to delete them.
The technology to store snapshots (system restore points) in it for MS and Veritas is the same. As far as I remember it was first developed by Veritas and the pm Microsoft got this technology from Veritas. Then Symantec swallowed Veritas and used ghe same approach under their name.
In short - this folder contains system information about the file system and log of chkdsk. Plus volume snpashots. Don't try to remove anything directly from it. To get rid of the snapshots you can use either advanced system properties of Windows or use commandline to delete them.
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