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Microsoft's Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) allows users and applications to create consistent and crash-consistent point in time snapshots of volumes even while the volumes are in use.

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Backup client for Windows: open source, rsync and VSS

I'm looking for a sync/backup client for Windows with: Open source license (BSD/GPL) rsync deltas to a remote rsync server VSS support Command line interface is preferred to a GUI. The less of everything else, the better. Any ideas?
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Problems with Volume Shadow Copy on Windows 7

I am having a problem with Volume Shadow Copy on my Windows 7 Ultimate PC. Basically, I cannot use any program that relies on Volume Shadow Copy as they always fail (including Windows Backup) with a whole list of errors (depending on the program).…
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What is VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service)

I read about VSS here. According to the article , VSS takes a backup of the entire volume. Where does this backup of the Volume get stored ? If its on the volume itself then its pretty unsafe right ? Does it work like Hardware Snaps ?
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What's the meaning of the "Override working folders" checkbox in Visual Source Safe?

When I do a check-in in Visual Source Safe, there's a checkbox "Override working folders" on that screen. I can't figure out what the difference is between checking it or not checking it.
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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 12:51:12 AM Event ID: 8194 Task Category:…
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Audio buzz and video glitch when any update or restore point creation starts the Volume Shadow Service

I have the above problem and see that others do too. I've had no help from Microsoft and am asking if anyone else knows a solution. Please post if you do. Here is a description of the problem, what troubleshooting has been done, and what has been…
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Does ntfs-3g keep shadow copies up to date?

NTFS shadow copies in differential mode work by copying the original data in a data block to a backup area before new writes are committed. If ntfs-3g doesn't do this copying, it could corrupt existing shadow copies by writing to a data block shared…
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Windows 10 system image fails

I am having trouble making a system image of my Windows 10 installation. The problem started occurring after I upgraded to an SSD from an HDD. (I used EaseUS to copy my Windows installation on the HDD to the SSD, and it work fine.) Following is the…
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How can I create a shadow copy in windows7/8 in a batch file?

On server operating systems I can (and do) create a shadow copy of a volume and mount that copy using mklink before copying a folder that almost always has open files. See below for Q&D example. FOR /f "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%a in ('vssadmin create…
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How to find folder size within VSS

I have a repository in VSS and I need to find the size of individual folders inside the VSS. Currently I am checking out each of the folder and then checking its size. Is there any way using which I can easily find the folder size inside the…
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VBScript Capture StdOut from ShellExecute

I am trying to run the following code snippet as part of a tool to gather and log some pertinent system diagnostics. The purpose of this snippet is to gather the result of running the command: vssadmin list writers The snippet is as follows: ' …
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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 this After 30 days, keep only a weekly snapshot…
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Windows 11: Empty shadow copy tab

On my Windows 10 computers, I have a scheduled task to create shadow copies at regular time intervals. Works great. The command is C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe shadowcopy call create Volume=C:\ I can access the shadow copies from the file…
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Mounting a Windows Volume Shadow Copy on Linux using libvshadow

I've come across a couple of instances lately where I have access to the raw files created by the Volume Shadow Service on Windows, where my goal is to recover files from the Shadow Copy that we no longer have access to by other means. My current…
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DriveImage XML fails with a Windows Volume Shadow Service Error

I'm trying to image a SATA laptop hard drive, using DriveImageXML, that is attached to my computer via a USB adapter. I'm running Win7 Ultimate 64 bit. DriveXML is returning: Could not initialize Windows Volume Shadow Service (VSS). ERROR…
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