How to delete "System Volume Information" folder from external drives?

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Published on 2009-11-21T10:57:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/08 11:00 UTC
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I'm running Vista Prof 32bit on a lenovo w500 thinkpad. I have four external drives and use 4 different PCs, that all have system volume information folders, taking up lots of space, and I can't delete them.

I don't even know which computer's files are backed up on which external.

I've used Thinkvantage rescue and recovery to delete all backups, as well as checked system restore settings to only use my main C drive. I checked all the PC's to ensure only the Main drive keeps system restore points and deleted previous versions. I ran Disc Clean up too.

But I can't figure out how to get rid of these large folders from my external drives.

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