Access System Volume Information





If you use System Restore, you must have noticed the System Volume Information
folders in the root of each of your drives. This folder stores the files used by System
Restore. Their sizes can sometime balloon to gigabytes, because System Restore
doesn’t delete your older restore points when creating a new one. Moreover, every
time you try to access the folder, you get the Access Denied error. Oh, and you can’t
delete the folder, either. So what do you do when you want to view its contents?
In an Explorer Window, go to Tools > Folder Options > View. Here,
choose Show Hidden Files and Folders. Uncheck Hide Protected
Operating System Files and Use Simple File Sharing.
You should now be able to access the System Volume Information folder; if not,
you’ll have to add yourself to the list of users allowed to access the folder. Rightclick
on System Volume Information and go to Properties > Security. Click
Add under Groups or User names and enter your username in the dialog
that appears. Click OK, and in the bottom half of the Security tab, grant yourself
all the permissions.