Unwanted Backup-Removal

Hi, it has recently come to my attention that a while back during a system restore. I mistakenly made a backup of my entire C:\ drive. I have no need for it. So essentially its eating up 65 gigs of space as well as giving any infections or intrusions added space to hide. This also causes scan times on my computer to double since it goes through that entire file. I have made many attempts to remove it but I get an error stating Access is denied. On top of that I also have an Aol program that came with my computer that I've never been able to get rid of. Everytime I go to uninstall it the program fails and I have to end task on it. I've even gone so far as to remove its entire folder yet on startup the program starts up. Can't seem to rid myself of it either. - Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Try revo to uninstall any unwanted apps
http://majorgeeks.com/Revo_Uninstaller_d5706.html

 

Yes Revo is good. Where is this backup located? External hard drive? What OS are you using?

 

The backup was originally on my C drive then I moved the folder to my desktop to single it out. I am using XP

 

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Just right clicking it isn't telling me where it originated. During a system restore I believe it asked me if I wanted to make a backup. The program was the built in system restore function.

 

Just an observation here. A backup saves your data files in the event of a hard drive failure. Saving a backup to your C drive or desktop, same thing, gives you no chance of recovering your data in the event of such failure.
You really need to store a backup of your computer, preferably even off-site.
Also, it seems we are mixing the terms "system restore" and "backup". They are not related. A system restore does not erase your data files.

 

In my first comment I put "I mistakely made one"... It was not intentional to make the backup. I'm aware that it saves the content however I don't need this backup because I have other means of storing my data in case of a loss. The backup was created either during a restore point using system restore. Or during a System recovery. I'm not sure which but I'm not worried about that. All I want to know is how to get the backup file.. which an exact replica of my C:\drive of off my computer. Its just wasting disk space. Just clicking delete has no effect. Since it tells me Access is denied. It also tells me to make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and to make sure its not in use.

 

If you right click the folder, then security, then advanced, can you make any changes to the permission or ownership?
I've pasted a MS link describing this here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421