System Restore files are used to help restore files and settings in case of data loss. This method will stop this protection for your flash drive, although it’ll still be enabled on the rest of your PC.
Although this will prevent more System Restore points from being created on the drive, the System Volume Information folder will still be recreated automatically for search purposes, or if you plug the drive into another Windows PC that permits System Restore on flash drives. If you need to keep System Restore on for this flash drive, you can just reduce the amount of space required by the restore points using the slider at the bottom. Keep in mind that lowering the size of your restore information means there might not be enough space to save more than one restore point.
If you’d like to hide the folder from your view, see the Hiding the System Volume Information Folder method now. If you are worried that a virus is lurking in your System Volume Information folder, see this method to learn how to delete the entire folder and dispose of the deleted files. When the folder is automatically re-added by Windows, it will not contain any bad files.
If you haven’t already inserted your USB drive into the PC, you can insert it now. You’ll not only be hiding the System Volume Information folder from your view, but other important Windows operating system files that shouldn’t be modified. This shouldn’t affect you in any way unless you’re a system administrator who frequently needs access to high-level system files.
If you haven’t already inserted your USB drive into the PC, you can insert it now. You’ll not only be hiding the System Volume Information folder from your view, but other important Windows operating system files that shouldn’t be modified. This shouldn’t affect you in any way unless you’re a system administrator who frequently needs access to high-level system files.
If you use the USB drive anywhere else, such as in your car or on another PC, the changes will not carry over to that system. This means the System Volume Information folder will still be visible on those systems.
If you haven’t already done so, run a virus scan on the computer and remove any viruses that are found.
If you haven’t already done so, run a virus scan on the computer and remove any viruses that are found.
Make sure you’re not clicking on a file or folder—just a blank part of the right panel.
If you’d like to hide the folder from your view, see the Hiding the System Volume Information Folder method now. If your flash drive is formatted with the NTFS file system, you will see an error that says the folder can’t be deleted. There is no way to take ownership of the folder in this situation, but you can reformat the drive to the exFAT or FAT32 file system so you can delete the folder in the future.
If you’d like to hide the folder from your view, see the Hiding the System Volume Information Folder method now. If your flash drive is formatted with the NTFS file system, you will see an error that says the folder can’t be deleted. There is no way to take ownership of the folder in this situation, but you can reformat the drive to the exFAT or FAT32 file system so you can delete the folder in the future.
