Questions tagged [volume-shadow-copy]
Volume Shadow Copy is a mechanism for creating and storing snapshots (shadow copies) on NTFS filesystems.
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How to Turn Off Shadow Copies for Specific Folders/Files
I currently am using Windows Home Server 2011 and all of my shared folders (well, actually the volume that all of those shares are on) use the shadow copies of files. Is there a way to disable shadow ...
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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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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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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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NTFS "Restore previous versions"
My harrowing experience over the past 24 hours:
Windows 7 installation hosed after bluetooth driver install.
Attempting to recover using restore points via "Repair" on the bootable Windows 7 ...
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Shadow copy to clone system volume on Windows XP
I am looking for a program that uses shadow copy to copy the contents of a Windows XP system volume that is running.
I.e. I want to clone the system volume with the following snags: (1) I want to be ...
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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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Taking snapshots of filesystem/volume in Windows 7?
I'm developing an Windows 7 image for deploying onto a bunch of computers.
As I install the software, I like to take a snapshot from time to time in case one piece of software makes a mess of things.
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Is Windows Complete PC Backup an atomic operation?
I know that Windows Complete PC Backup (Vista, 7) uses Volume Shadow Copy Service. Does this mean that making a backup is an atomic operation, with a snapshot created at the beginning of the backup ...
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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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Tool that automatically keeps old versions of a file? Shadow Copy in Win7?
When I'm working with a Graphics App, I press CTRL+S a lot to Quicksave. Sometimes, I just went too far and made a bad decision, sometimes to the point Undo wouldn't help either.
I would love to ...
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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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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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