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Error on "vssadmin list shadows"

Using an admin cmd prompt, I typed: vssadmin list shadows, and got the following: Contents of shadow copy set ID: {...} Contained 1 shadow copies at creation time: ... Error: The shadow ...
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What does "parse junctions" mean when copying all files to another drive?

The free program Shadow Copy is supposed to copy all files from one drive to another, including system and hidden files, so the destination will also be bootable if the source was. There is an option ...
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Volume Shadow Copy based backup that works with TrueCrypt?

I have enabled whole-drive encryption on my external drive to comply with my company's requirements about data security. I want to be able to make a backup of files on the drive, even while they're in ...
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Windows 8.1 Insufficient storage available to create shadow copy

[Note: After I entered the problem statement, I found this question, which is apparently the same problem. Maybe one of us will get a good answer...] I have used the "Windows 7 File Recovery" tool ...
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How does VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) handle locked files?

Take this (certainly simplified) description from the HoboCopy tool: HoboCopy is a backup/copy tool. (...) It uses the Volume Shadow Service (VSS) to "snapshot" the disk before copying. It ...
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Shadow Copy nightmares with Windows 7 + SSD

My backups act horrible. It will sit for 20 minutes, locking up the machine attempting to do a shadow copy. When I look at the event logs, it is loaded with the error: Volume Shadow Copy Service ...
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Prevent Windows XP from deleting Volume Shadow Copy created by Windows 7

I have a harddisk with an NTFS-partition which I use on both Windows XP and Windows 7. When starting my system with Windows XP SP2 the Volume Shadow Copies (I think they are stored in the "System ...
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Mozy fails along with this error

Any idea how to fix this? MozyHome backup is failing at the same time with a FilesystemError2. Windows 7 64-bit. Thanks! Log Name: Application Source: VSS Date: 12/18/2009 12:...

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