What Is System Volume Information Folder?

What is System Volume Information folder?
Reference
This posted refered to "How to gain access to the System Volume Information folder" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309531

The System Volume Information folder is a hidden system folder that the System Restore tool uses to store its information and restore points. There is a System Volume Information folder on every partition on your computer. By default only SYSTEM can access this folder, but sometimes you might need to gain access to this folder for troubleshooting problem.

Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Using the FAT32 File System
1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders.
4. Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box. When you are prompted to confirm the change, click Yes.
5. Then click OK.
6. Finally double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it.

Windows XP Professional Using the NTFS File System on a member of Domain
1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders.
4. Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box. Click you are prompted to confirm the change, click Yes.
5. Then click OK.
6. Right-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder, and then click Sharing and Security.
7. Click the Security tab.
8. Click Add, and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Choose the account location if appropriate (either local or from the domain). Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on. Click OK, and then click OK again.
9. Finally double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it.

Windows XP Professional using the NTFS File System on a Workgroup or Standalone
1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders.
4. Clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box. you are prompted to confirm the change, click Yes.
5. Clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box.
6. Then click OK.
7. Right-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder, and then click Properties.
8. Click the Security tab.
9. Click Add, and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on. Click OK, and then click OK again.
10. Finally double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it.

Using CACLS with Windows XP Home Using the NTFS File System
For Windows XP Home with the NTFS file system, you can also use the Cacls tool, which is a command-line tool, to display or modify file or folder access control lists (ACLs).

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. Make sure that you are in the root folder of the partition for which you want to gain access to the System Volume Information folder. For example, to gain access the C:\System Volume Information folder, make sure that you are in the root folder of drive C (at a "C:\" prompt).
3. Type the following line, and then press ENTER:
cacls "driveletter:\System Volume Information" /E /G username:F
Make sure to type the quotation marks as indicated. This command adds the specified user to the folder with Full Control permissions.
4. Double-click the System Volume Information folder in the root folder to open it.
5. You can remove the permissions by use the following line at a command prompt:

cacls "driveletter:\System Volume Information" /E /R username

Where username is the name of user you don't want to access to folder.

Start computer in Safe mode
When you run the computer in Safe mode the simple file sharing is automatically turned off. The You can access to System Volume Information folder without additional actions.
1. Open My Computer, right-click the System Volume Information folder, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Click Add, and then type the name of the user to whom you want to give access to the folder. Typically, this is the account with which you are logged on.
4. Click OK twice.
5. Double-click the System Volume Information folder to open it

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