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How to turn off System Restore and remove System Volume Information folders in Windows?

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Mar 15, 202636613 views
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I met the same problem of not being able to shrink the Windows OS partition C: as much as I plan to due to unmovable files. Having learned from this post, I would like to "turn System Restore off and remove System Volume Information folders". So I was wondering where and how I can "turn System Rest…

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There's a way simpler solution than the former answers regarding deleting the directory. It's actually in the same place where you disable the protection. Press Win+Pause or Start Button → System Preferences → System Left Pane → System Protection Ma…

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