goom Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 well, i somehow lost all my restore points (defraggler is my main suspect), but i managed to locate one with recuva. i tried to restore it to C:/system volume information (where it came from), but it ended up making a new folder C:/system volume information/system volume information. windows can't detect it in there, and i can't delete the folder no matter what i do. is there any way i can a. move the file out and/or b. delete the newly-created folder help would be appreciated, since this is really annoying me. i'm not getting a permission error, it just won't do anything. oh, and i'm using vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2011 never ever restore to the same drive on which you are recovering from. your attempt mayu have over writen something. restore to a flash drive then copy it to the sysinfo folder. . . if vista with let you ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goom Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 at this point i don't really care about the file, i just want it gone from in there. there isn't a folder called 'system volume information' in 'system volume information' in there normally, right? it said the creation date was today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nope, and honestly if it's not giving you a uac prompt when you try to delete it I'm not sure what else can be done about it being there. You could try to run cmd-prompt as admin and see if you can navigate to that folder and delete it. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goom Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 alrighty, i'll try that. (i have UAC disabled, so i wouldn't get that anyways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2011 (i have UAC disabled, so i wouldn't get that anyways right here could well be the reason you can't do it. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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