Adding Recycle Bin and System Volume Folders

[IPW]

Hi Folks,

Can anyone tell me why my external drives have suddenly added a Recycle Bin and System Volume Information folders.

I would not really mind except that after I delete them they just return!

Thanks,
Ian

 

[ex_bubblehead]

It's perfectly normal operation. Nothing to be alarmed about.

 

[IPW]

Not alarmed - just want to know why and how to stop it.

 

[neieus]

Yep it's normal and basically you can't stop it as far as I know but why would you want to?

I want to add that it sounds to me you're not talking about the Recycle Bin but the Recycler folder that's normally hidden. Would that be correct? The Recycler folder only appears on NTFS partitions as described here.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171694

 

[ex_bubblehead]

....Yep it's normal and basically you can't stop it as far as I know....

Correct, you cannot stop this behavior. Each drive gets its own Recycle Bin and System Volume Information directory. The Recycle Bin is self explanatory. System Volume Information contains the system restore points for that drive. Even if system restore is disabled this directory is created on all newly detected volumes, if it doesn't already exist.

 

[photonboy]

You are seeing them because you have "show hidden files or folders" (or similar name) checked in Windows Explorer. The default is NOT to show them so uncheck that and they'll disappear.