Windows storage problem

[kowshik sarker]

I have all my Movies, music and picture stored in my F: drive. But System Volume Information folder took extra 22GB space of F: drive. Will it create any problem if I remove it? And how can I remove it?

[Compton]

do you have a system image on the F drive?

[kowshik sarker]

no compton...and then why it is hidden and not accessible? I can not even see this folder without this software.. even attrib -s -h -a *.* /s /d cmd didn't unhide this folder.

[GuiltySpark]

Some info on System Volume Information; https://www.howtogeek.com/282214/what-is-the-system-volume-information-folder-and-can-i-delete-it/

[kowshik sarker]

thanks spark.. but don't you think it is too much. after all it is not a system drive. I have got some useless files like movies and music in it. my E: drive's system volume folder is only 153 kb.

[Britec]

These are all your System Restore points. To delete, turn off system restore and turn it back on and the create a new system restore point. This will free up space.
(Warning you will lose all your old system restore points by doing this)

[kowshik sarker]

How can I take full Ownership of these files? I can't delete those files without ownership permission..

[RichTech]

(04-23-2017, 05:16 PM)kowshik sarker Wrote:  How can I take full Ownership of these files? I can't delete those files without ownership permission..

Acording to the how to geek article, you can't delete the file as it contains important files which the system needs. I suggest you stay away from it.

[kowshik sarker]

yaah.. I don't tamper with any sys files but this big? It took 22 gb of my small drive. and sys restore point was turned off in the first place..

[RichTech]

I understand, let see if we can get some disk space back:

Run CCleaner: https://www.piriform.com/products

Do not use the registry cleaner inside CCleaner

Also have a look at this Microsoft article on how to free up space:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17421/windows-free-up-drive-space