CHKDSK Logs

I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder within
the "System Volume Information" folder. I have tried to delete some, but
although I seem to have permission, and there is no message about lack of
permissions, the files fail to be removed. I know they aren't very big, but
for tidyness sake I would like to get rid of some of the older logs.

On 11 Sep 2011, "Oldster" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder
> within the "System Volume Information" folder. I have tried to
> delete some, but although I seem to have permission, and there is
> no message about lack of permissions, the files fail to be
> removed. I know they aren't very big, but for tidyness sake I
> would like to get rid of some of the older logs.

There's no easy way to delete files from "System Volume Information".
In order to do so, you'd have to alter permissions, which is hardly
worth the effort. I think you should just ignore them. You can delete
the live ones in thew user-accessible areas. The archived ones will
eventually be removed when the oldest System Restore Points expire.

On 11/09/2011 19:26, Nil wrote:
> On 11 Sep 2011, "Oldster"<> wrote in
> alt.windows7.general:
>
>> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder
>> within the "System Volume Information" folder. I have tried to
>> delete some, but although I seem to have permission, and there is
>> no message about lack of permissions, the files fail to be
>> removed. I know they aren't very big, but for tidyness sake I
>> would like to get rid of some of the older logs.
>
> There's no easy way to delete files from "System Volume Information".
> In order to do so, you'd have to alter permissions, which is hardly
> worth the effort. I think you should just ignore them. You can delete
> the live ones in thew user-accessible areas. The archived ones will
> eventually be removed when the oldest System Restore Points expire.


Doesn't happen with Checkdisc logs! The ones I've found go back two years!

Oldster wrote:
> On 11/09/2011 19:26, Nil wrote:
>> On 11 Sep 2011, "Oldster"<> wrote in
>> alt.windows7.general:
>>
>>> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder
>>> within the "System Volume Information" folder. I have tried to
>>> delete some, but although I seem to have permission, and there is
>>> no message about lack of permissions, the files fail to be
>>> removed. I know they aren't very big, but for tidyness sake I
>>> would like to get rid of some of the older logs.
>>
>> There's no easy way to delete files from "System Volume Information".
>> In order to do so, you'd have to alter permissions, which is hardly
>> worth the effort. I think you should just ignore them. You can delete
>> the live ones in thew user-accessible areas. The archived ones will
>> eventually be removed when the oldest System Restore Points expire.
>
>
> Doesn't happen with Checkdisc logs! The ones I've found go back two
> years!

My favorite way of living dangerously, is boot a Linux LiveCD,
and then they'll be accessible. If you need to do house cleaning,
then nothing stands in your way. For better or worse...

An example of a LiveCD would be Ubuntu, from ubuntu.com . You'll need
a blank CD, and a program that can convert sn ISO9660 file into a bootable
CD, such as "Imgburn" or Nero.

There are also various utilities, that deal with hard to remove
files. An example of that would be "Unlocker". I've never used that
program myself, and only know it by name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlocker

Paul

On 11 Sep 2011, Oldster <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Doesn't happen with Checkdisc logs! The ones I've found go
> back two years!

If your system is stable and you're certain you won't need to roll back
to an earlier Restore Point, you could turn off System Restore and
thereby erase all Restore Points. Then check to make sure all those old
logs are gone.

I find chkdsk logs going back to February 2010.

On 11 Sep 2011, Nil <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> If your system is stable and you're certain you won't need to roll
> back to an earlier Restore Point, you could turn off System
> Restore and thereby erase all Restore Points. Then check to make
> sure all those old logs are gone.
>
> I find chkdsk logs going back to February 2010.

I just tried this and it didn't work. The chkdsk logs remain even after
turning System Restore off and back on. I can't think of another easy
practical solution. The logs are only a few K in size, though, and so
aren't a significant space waster. I'd just ignore them.

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:13:00 +0100, "Oldster"
<> wrote:

> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder within
>the "System Volume Information" folder.

I have discovered that some people can't help but to explore areas
where they really shouldn't be exploring. :-)

--

Char Jackson

On 12/09/2011 05:24, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:13:00 +0100, "Oldster"
> <> wrote:
>
>> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder within
>> the "System Volume Information" folder.
>
> I have discovered that some people can't help but to explore areas
> where they really shouldn't be exploring. :-)
>
But I enjoy exploring the stranger corners of operating systems. I have
spent my life working with operating systems from 1964 till retirement,
and it is interesting, to me at least, to see where they differ and
where they are the same!
And, yes, I have found that the easiest way to access the above
mentioned files is from some other system bootable CD. I was just
wondering how Windows itself was meant to deal with these particular items!

On 11/09/2011 22:21, Paul wrote:
> Oldster wrote:
>> On 11/09/2011 19:26, Nil wrote:
>>> On 11 Sep 2011, "Oldster"<> wrote in
>>> alt.windows7.general:
>>>
>>>> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder
>>>> within the "System Volume Information" folder. I have tried to
>>>> delete some, but although I seem to have permission, and there is
>>>> no message about lack of permissions, the files fail to be
>>>> removed. I know they aren't very big, but for tidyness sake I
>>>> would like to get rid of some of the older logs.
>>>
>>> There's no easy way to delete files from "System Volume Information".
>>> In order to do so, you'd have to alter permissions, which is hardly
>>> worth the effort. I think you should just ignore them. You can delete
>>> the live ones in thew user-accessible areas. The archived ones will
>>> eventually be removed when the oldest System Restore Points expire.
>>
>>
>> Doesn't happen with Checkdisc logs! The ones I've found go back two
>> years!
>
> My favorite way of living dangerously, is boot a Linux LiveCD,
> and then they'll be accessible. If you need to do house cleaning,
> then nothing stands in your way. For better or worse...
>
> An example of a LiveCD would be Ubuntu, from ubuntu.com . You'll need
> a blank CD, and a program that can convert sn ISO9660 file into a bootable
> CD, such as "Imgburn" or Nero.
>
> There are also various utilities, that deal with hard to remove
> files. An example of that would be "Unlocker". I've never used that
> program myself, and only know it by name.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlocker
>

I used Cedrick Collomb's excellent little utility for many years with XP
32bit. Unfortunately, it never worked correct with Win7x64, so I gave
up trying a year ago. I have no idea if the latest version works well
or not.

In any case, sometimes even "delete at boot" doesn't work all the time,
especially if you are trying to delete more than one file. ISTM there
is a finite time in which a "locked" file is available for deletion
before explorer.exe or some other process gets its hooks into it.

--

Jeff

On 12/09/2011 09:06, Oldster wrote:
> On 12/09/2011 05:24, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:13:00 +0100, "Oldster"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> I have discovered that I have a number of these logs in a folder within
>>> the "System Volume Information" folder.
>>
>> I have discovered that some people can't help but to explore areas
>> where they really shouldn't be exploring. :-)
>>
> But I enjoy exploring the stranger corners of operating systems. I have
> spent my life working with operating systems from 1964 till retirement,
> and it is interesting, to me at least, to see where they differ and
> where they are the same!
> And, yes, I have found that the easiest way to access the above
> mentioned files is from some other system bootable CD. I was just
> wondering how Windows itself was meant to deal with these particular items!
>

Did you upgrade from XP to Win7? I ask because SVI was used under XP but
is just one of those routing signs in Win7. Mine is empty.

As far as I can ascertain Win7 doesn't retain checkdisk logs. And, if
I'm right, that's why Win7 lets them sit there.

Ed