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System Volume Information is not accessible Why?How to delete it ?

If you use system restore,You must have noticed the System volume Information folders in the root of each of your drives.This folder stores the files used by system.Restore.Their sizes can sometime balloon to gigabytes,because System Restore doesn't delete your older restore points whrn creating a new on. Moreover,  every time you try to acces the folder, you get the Access  Denied error .Oh ,and you  can't delete the fioder either .So what did you do when you want to view its contents?

In an Explorer Window ,go to Tools >Folder option >View.
Here choose Show hidden files and folders Uncheck Hide  Protected Operating System Files and Uses Simple File Sharing
You should now be able to access the System Volume Information folders;if not ,you'll have to add yourself to the list of users allowed to access the folder.Right click on the system Volume Information and go to Properties>Security .Click Add under Group or User names and enter your user name in the dialog that appears. Click OK , and in the bottom half of the Security tab,grant yourself all the permissions 

Folder Options under the Tools menu is missing , How to bring back the option?

Open the Group Policy Editor by typing in gpedit.msc in the Run dialog box. Navigate to the following location:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\ Windows Components\WindowsExplorer
On the right side, set the “Remove the Folder Options menu item” from the Tools menu to “Not Configured”, by double-clicking it and setting the appropriate option.If you are using Windows XP Home, you will not be able to run the Group Policy Editor, and you will need to use the Registry Editor method, as follows.
Open the Registry Editor. Browse to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Find the NoFolderOptions key and change the value to 0, assuming you have this key.
If you don’t, just create it. Restart your computer.

DISK BOOT FAILURE: PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

Your problem is essentially a result of faulty power connectors. The fault develops with Molex connectors over a period of time, usually if they are frequently removed from and attached to devices. We advise you get
the power connectors replaced as soon as possible; faulty connectors can lead to hard drive errors and eventually drive failure.

Error 1719. The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. You may be running in safe mode or Windows Installer may not be correctly installed.

Your Windows Installer seems to be corrupt and reinstalling it should solve your problem. At a command prompt, type in the following line and then press [Enter]
(“Drive” is the drive where Windows is
installed; “%Windir%” is the folder where Windows is installed): attrib -r -s -h drive:\ %Windir%\system32\dllcache
For example, you might type in
attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\
system32\dllcache

Then at the prompt, type in the following lines, pressing [Enter] after each line:
ren msi.dll msi.old
ren msiexec.exe msiexec.old
ren msihnd.dll msihnd.old
Exit the DOS prompt and restart your computer.
Update the Windows Installer files  on your hard disk to the latest version. Get it from the Microsoft Download Center at http://support.microsoft.com/. Shutdown your computer, and then restart it in standard mode
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