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The original poster discusses a significant increase in the size of the System Volume Information folder on Windows 7 after using VMware, noting a large file inside and questioning whether it can be safely removed. They clarify that their disk cleanup was performed on VMware, not Windows. Eventually, they resolve the issue by deleting all restore points and creating a new one, reducing the folder size to around 800MB. The overall sentiment indicates a troubleshooting process leading to a successful resolution.
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Scharminkel

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I have VMWare workstation on windows 7 with a virtual machine windows 8.
The windows 8 vdmk file was 41GByte.I did a disk cleanup and then the vdmk file was 28Gbyte but the
System volume Information folder on windows 7 growed from 152MB to 9,2Gbyte because of one big file inside it.I don't know whether this file exist before.the name begins with {f43a4793-ac...
I cannot see the folder system volume information in explorer and I have enabled hidden files in explorer

Can I remove this file and how do I remove this file?
 

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Scharminkel

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To be clear the disk cleanup I did is a disk cleanup of VMWare not a disk cleanup of windows!
 

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Scharminkel

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I've found the solution.I've removed all the restore points and then I've created a new restore point.Now System information volume is 800Mbyte.
 

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