System Volume Information folder 23 GB even when system restore is turned OFF. All backups shadow removed

Dear users,

I am facing a very strange problem and I tried to solve this problem for more than a month, but no use. I called the Support technique Microsoft in India and they send me the details to email customer support to get this addressed redirected.

QUESTION to the folder System Volume Information in Windows 7 is 23 GB of my SSD. My SSD capacity is 120 GB. If this space takes more than 20% of my total space of SSD.

I turned off the system restore feature and it is noted below.

The system restore is turned off as shown below

Space Ghost maximum allocated memory is about 500 MB. There is no current backup shadow

CAN U PLEASE HELP ME TO RECOVER THE PLACE OF 22 GB WHICH IS ALWAYS PRESENTED AS TAKEN TO RESTORE SYSTEM FILES? EVEN AFTER THE RESTORATION OF THE SYSTEM AND BY REMOVING ALL THE BACKUPS OF THE SHADOW, I'M NOT ABLE TO RECOVER THIS SPACE 22.7 GB

I'll have a 120 GB SSD and more than 20% of the space is getting lost here

I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit on a Dell E6220 laptop

No virus / Trojan horses and system completely clean. Looking for Solutions...

Run the Disk Cleanup Wizard (be sure to include system files)

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