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How can I completely re-install the Volume Shadow Copy Service?
I have a problem which occured out of nowhere a few months ago and which I could not yet resolve:
I cannot create Backups of my Windows 10 PC because the service "Volume Shadow Copy" throws ...
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Outlook OST files not backed up by VSS engine
I just found, to my user's annoyance, that Windows VSS engine ignores Outlook's .OST files. This is set by default in the registry here,
and acknowledged at,
https://kb.acronis.com/content/48032
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WHS 2011 error code '2155348249' when trying to make a server backup: low disk space for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
When I try to start the windows server backup it fails because of empty disk space. I get the following error message in the event log:
The backup operation that started at xxx has failed because ...
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How Shadow Copy Service works? how it backups the data which we modified
I am Using Shadow Copy to restore my files,and restoring my files. I wonder how does it works.
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Zip files and Volume Shadow Copy
I back a lot of data up using WinRAR and I create a .rar file from these backups. Since I back up about 20GB of data at a time this process takes some time. Sometimes I need to open a few of the ...
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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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Best practice with previous versions / shadow copy (CIFS storage)?
Currently I'm using previous versions (i.e. shadow copies) as backup for a network share.
I need to solve a problem with restoring:
when restoring a file only the owner can use previous versions....
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How to take backup of Previous Versions in Win 7?
Windows 7 keeps an archive of the Previous Versions of files using its Volume Shadow-Copy Service (VSS).
How can I take a backup or image of the Previous Versions archive for a specific folder?
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How much space does volume shadowing take up?
So for example in a server environment I set up shadowing on volume N, how much space do I assign for it?
Would a 1mb word document take up 1mb shadowing space on the volume?
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Is there a way to use Volume Shadow Copy on Windows 8?
I can't find the Previous Versions tab that used to be available, and I see that there is now the new File History thing, but it only appears to back up libraries. But I want it for all of my folders. ...
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How to set up a centralized backup server with lots of offsite workstations, intermittent internet connectivity, and stubborn users?
This might be an impossible question.
Context:
We have a bunch of computers across around 1000 users. We have a centralized office where 900 of the users work, most of the time. Most of the ...
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How to set VSS (Shadow Copy) Retention
I am in the process of optimizing the VSS on our Windows Server 2008 SP2 machine.
I would like to do the following:
Run a snapshot at 11:59 AM and 11:59 PM every day
Keep a retention of 30 days for ...
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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 does one test a Windows Complete PC Backup?
Is there any way to test or verify the state of a Windows Complete PC backup, short of actually restoring it to the same machine?
(At the very least, I want to be able to verify that the file system ...
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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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