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What's the deal with the System Volume Information folder?

November 20, 2003 Nov 20, 2003 11/20/03

Raymond Chen

In the root of every drive is a folder called "System Volume Information". If your drive is NTFS, the permissions on the folder are set so not even administrators can get in there. What's the big secret? The folder contains information that casual interference could cause problems with proper system functioning. Here are some of the things...