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Shadow Copy With Storage Spaces?
I converted 2 of my drives to be a mirrored storage space on windows 10. I am using ReFS. This drive is d drive.
When I create a restore point the dialog that comes up does not have d drive in it.
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Prevent System Restore Point from being created during Install
Whenever I install using .MSI, the system freezes right after starting the Volume Shadow Copy Service/etc, and creating a System Restore Point.
If possible, I'd rather not disable System Restore, as ...
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Disable "Previous Versions" functionality without shutting off other shadow copy functions?
(I looked pretty hard and couldn't find an appropriate previous question, but I have to think this has been asked...somebody please point me at a duplicate?)
Is there any way to disable (or restrict ...
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How to configure System Restore to restore "everything"?
Given that I can browse a restore point and see the deleted files, how to restore this point completely? When I try to, Windows says everything's fine, but the files I was looking for weren't restored ...
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Restore system to shadow copy
I have uninstalled a program that I do not want to have uninstall.
I have shadow copies of the entire disk so the files are there. How can I revert the entire system to a shadow copy?
I'm using ...
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Previous versions tab from Volume Shadow Services
In Windows 7 I had the following habit:
Create a system restore point (which creates a shadow copy)
Make some heavy changes to files
Open [Properties > previous versions > Timestamp] of a ...
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"Create a restore point" on specific drive - Windows 8.1 Pro x64
I go to Charms(Windows key), type "Create a Restore Point" and then "Configure..." physically different drives (SSDs, HDDs) to "Turn on System Protection". I have a 2 TB HDD which I bought ...
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Open system recovery causes bluescreen 0x00000050 with ntfs.sys
Since yesterday my computer crashes with a bluescreen 0x00000050 as soon as I do something with the system restore.
For example (tried to translate from german to english so the exact programname ...
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What causes Volume Shadow Copy to enable itself without user intervention?
I have been dealing with issues where the empty space on the C drive always goes to 0. I would run through the normal steps to empty space. But, the space would always be taken back down to 0. This is ...
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Are VSS snapshots still created automatically in Windows 8 and later?
I've read conflicting information on this, so wanted to clarify the situation.
With Windows Vista/7, several third-party tools exist that can mount the contents of a Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) snapshot ...
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Removing "System Volume Information" folder and "System Restore" completely
I disable System Restore on all drives yet it continues to force me to have a pointless System Volume Information folder set to hidden with 1 "Tracking" file inside. Can someone please explain how to ...