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I am running dual boot (Ubuntu 16.10 and Windows 10). When I boot into Ubuntu, I always see the 2 folders $RECYCLE.BIN and System Volume Information. Besides, in one drive I see a file named pagefile.sys. I delete them all, but every time I boot into Ubuntu, they appear again.

Can anyone show me how to permanently delete them, or at least hide them because I find them annoying. Thanks

Garp
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Create a text file .hidden on your hard drive, and add folders you wish to hide, like this:

found.000
$RECYCLE.BIN
RECYCLER
System Volume Information
pagefile.sys
David Foerster
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Russell
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The NTFS-3G file system driver has mount options that let you show/hide files with the "system" or "hidden" file attributes. Windows uses these flags to hide files in its file manager by default. The mount options are

  • show_sys_files (the default is to hide them) and
  • hide_hid_files (the default is to show them)

respectively.

The NTFS-3G manual says about them:

show_sys_files – Show the metafiles in directory listings. Otherwise the default behaviour is to hide the metafiles, which are special files used to store the NTFS structure. Please note that even when this option is specified, $MFT may not be visible due to a glibc bug. Furthermore, irrespectively of show_sys_files, all files are accessible by name, for example you can always do ls -l '$UpCase'.

hide_hid_files – Hide the hidden files and directories in directory listings, the hidden files and directories being the ones whose NTFS attribute have the hidden flag set. The hidden files will not be selected when using wildcards in commands, but all files and directories remain accessible by full name, for example you can always display the Windows trash bin directory by: ls -ld '$RECYCLE.BIN'.

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