system volume information -- 177 gb

[shmu26]

I have a certain partition that is 400 gb, but 177 gb is taken up by a file called {90893789-de1f-11e5-82dc-305a3a7e68e4}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
it is in the hidden folder called system volume information.
I can't delete the file or the folder.
how can I reclaim my space?

 

[USAFRet]

I have a certain partition that is 400 gb, but 177 gb is taken up by a file called {90893789-de1f-11e5-82dc-305a3a7e68e4}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
it is in the hidden folder called system volume information.
I can't delete the file or the folder.
how can I reclaim my space?

What are the settings for your Restore Points?

 

[SkyNetRising]

That folder belongs to system restore service.
You can specify, how much space it is allowed to use:
Control Panel/ System/System Protection

Set it to ~5GB. It will be enough for several restore points.
If that partition is not where windows is located, you can turn system restore off for that partition.

 

[shmu26]

windows system restore is turned off for all partitions.

 

[USAFRet]

windows system restore is turned off for all partitions.

Show us the settings page that shows this. Because that System Volume is specifically for your Restore Points.

 

[shmu26]

I checked, and for that partition it is set for 0 bytes.
I now set it for 5 gb, in the hope of getting it to work, but "turn on system protection" is greyed out, even though I allowed it 5 gb.

 

[shmu26]

windows system restore is turned off for all partitions.

Show us the settings page that shows this. Because that System Volume is specifically for your Restore Points.

here is screen shothttp://

 

[SkyNetRising]

Turn it on for drive c: (set to 5GB) and turn off for all the other drives.

And press "Delete all restore points" for drive p:

 

[shmu26]

for some strange reason, the problem just got worse.
I backed up data, and reformatted the partition.

I wonder why this issue developed?