[Loss of free space]

roy5051-

 

Hi and welcome to the forums!

 

The C:\System Volume Information will not display in Windows Explorer. It is hidden to prevent changes to your backups.

 

What Aethec was saying is that when you run Defraggler, some of the fragmented files that are displayed in the 'File List' tab might be long, randomly-named files located in the C:\System Volume Information folder. These files are the backups of your system made by System Restore. You can delete these if you wish, however, you will lose your backup data.

 

Clearing out your backups is the only way to defragment them. If you wish to do so:

• 1. Turn off System Restore.
  • On the Desktop, right-click My Computer.
    Click Properties.
    Click the System Restore tab.
    Check Turn off System Restore.
    Click Apply, and then click OK.
    

2. Restart your computer.

3. Turn ON System Restore.

• On the Desktop, right-click My Computer.
  Click Properties.
  Click the System Restore tab.
  UN-Check Turn off System Restore.
  Click Apply, and then click OK.
  

 

 

Thanks, that worked well, I now have recovered some 25GB of used space.

[Loss of free space]

System Restore points ?

They are long files with random names in C:\System Volume Information\ (system folder)

 

 

Are these files OK to delete? I also cannot find the C:\System Information folder, only the C:\System folder.

[Loss of free space]

I have just defragged my system (Vista) with Defraggler and my used space increased from 60GB to 79GB. Any ideas, please?