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System Volume Information folder

Hello,

I noticed on my new XPS15 that the System Volume Information folder in 90GB.

Normally this folder contains system restore points, but System Restore has not been enabled (is disabled by default in Win11).

I ran Disc Cleanup, but as I expected it did not find any restore points to clear.

 

So what is this 90GB of data, and how can I get rid of it?

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    Posted June 19th, 2022 02:00

    Thank you! We have received the required details. We will work towards a resolution. In the meantime, you may also receive assistance or suggestions from the community members.


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    Posted June 19th, 2022 04:00

    Location of that folder ?? or a snapshot 

    System Volume information is not always for system restore point. 

     

     

  • steefd

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    Posted June 19th, 2022 07:00

    It's in the root of my system drive.

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    Posted June 19th, 2022 08:00

    You can use the command vssadmin.exe in an admin command prompt to get info on shadow copies (restore points).  Maybe some are stuck in the system volume folder.

    You can use the /? to get help but what you might be looking for is something like this.

    vssadmin List Shadows /For=C:

     

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    Posted June 19th, 2022 10:00

    May I ask since when you have been facing this issue? 


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    Posted June 19th, 2022 10:00

    First entry is from June 3rd.

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    Posted June 19th, 2022 10:00

    Hi,

    This listed 13 entries, all with following attributes:

    Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
    Type: ApplicationRollback
    Attributes: Persistent, No auto release, Differential, Auto recovered

    Seems to be an extra entry is made everyday.

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    Posted June 19th, 2022 11:00

    Mine shows pretty much the same except for the Type: entry.  Mine shows ClientAccessibleWriters as that entry.

    Possibly they were put there by upgrade attempts and have not yet been removed.  If it has been more than about 12 days since an upgrade attempt, you may want to delete them.

    If you are not attempting some type of upgrade/install, the every day situation looks strange.

    You might want to put the following in a run box and see if you can adjust the size allocated to shadow copies.  I currently have only two on my Win 11 system and my system is enabled for creating restore points.

    systempropertiesadvanced

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    Posted June 22nd, 2022 09:00

    Not installing anything.

    And under "System protection" no protection is enabled.

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    Posted June 22nd, 2022 13:00

    Have you decided to remove the shadow copies?  If they continue, you might check the time when they were created and see if you can tie that time to any known events.