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safe to delete system volume information?

by techshan Aug 16, 2010 6:42PM PDT

Hi

Today when I checked our company server running in windows sbs 2003,I found that G: space is becoming less .So when I checked that partiton I found that G: system information is occupying around 8 gb

To recover some space in that shall i delete that folder?

Please advise me!

Thanks in advance

Techshan

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Re: system volume information

by Kees Bakker Aug 16, 2010 8:42PM PDT

In client systems (XP, Vista, 7) this is the storage space used by System Restore. And the very much recommended way to clear it is via the Disc Cleanup Wizard>Advanced and then choose "Delete all but the latest system restore points". If that exists in the server editions also, I'd use that.
Deleting the folder definitely is a bad idea, because it's being used by Windows. Windows might fail if it's gone.

Kees

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