Having issues with System Volume Information

Question

Hi All.
I hjave a Ps script that I use to wipe off data from SQL servers as aprt of a decom process.
The script is as follows.
get-childitem F:\ -include *.ldf,*.mdf,*.ndf,*.bak,*.trc,*.txt,*error*,*sqlagent*,*system_heal*,*xel*,*bak*,*logs*,*.mdmp*,*cer* -exclude *System* -recurse | foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.fullname -Force }
At the moment, it runs into issues with a folder. I would either like to delete the folder as well or actually exclude it. Also as an improcement to the script, I would want it to display the list of files it has deleted.
The error that I get is as follows.
remove-item : Access to the path 'F:\System Volume Information' is denied.
At line:1 char:155
+ ...  foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.fullname -Force   }
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (F:\:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
Confirm
The item at F:\ has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children
will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):
Thanks in advance.

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