Access Denied on a directory

March 22, 2008

I have a cpu running XP pro with a second hard drive addressed as E:\. On

this drive is a directory called "System Volume Information". I am signed in

as administrator but when I try to access this folder it says "System volume

information is not accessable, access denied". I don't know if this is

related, but my antivirus software recently reported a virus in C:\system

volume information but I could not find that file. I have "show hidden files"

checked and "hide system files" unchecked. What does all this mean? Thanks

March 22, 2008

Re: Access Denied on a directory

System Volume Information is the root folder on each drive that is

contains the System Restore points. This folder is protected by a

ACL ( Access Control List ) that prevents users ( even with Admin

privileges ) from accessing the content.

Viruses and other Malware can be retained in Restore Points so

if your AV indicates a virus is within the folder the only approach

is to turn off System Restore, Reboot and then re-enable.

You can change/modify the ACL for XP Pro or XP Home while

booted into Safe Mode - but there is little reason to do so.

"RDT" <RDT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have a cpu running XP pro with a second hard drive addressed as E:\. On

> this drive is a directory called "System Volume Information". I am signed

> in

> as administrator but when I try to access this folder it says "System

> volume

> information is not accessable, access denied". I don't know if this is

> related, but my antivirus software recently reported a virus in C:\system

> volume information but I could not find that file. I have "show hidden

> files"

> checked and "hide system files" unchecked. What does all this mean? Thanks

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