Bill: We've just rolled out file servers running Windows Server 2003 and we want to use Volume Shadow Copy to help us with file restores. We want to know if there are any gotchas. Anon: I'm glad to ...

This post explains how to fix error code 0x80042313, The shadow copy provider timed out while flushing data to the volume being shadow copied. A few Windows users ...

To sum it up in a sentence; I'm worried about performance with a large amount of volume shadow copy space. I'm installing a new central file server for our ~100 person business. I'm curious if anyone ...

Ever deleted a file or folder on a file server and didn't mean to? Yea, me neither. But if you did, what would you do about it? Maybe you'd break out the backup tape or perhaps perform the restore ...

While creating a System Restore point, if you get an error saying The shadow copy provider had an unexpected error while trying to process the specified operation ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Shadow Copies is the informal term for Volume Shadow Copy ...

A client of mine has a SBS2003 server with 3 pairs of mirrored 34 GB drives. All the user data is on the F drive, and it is getting close to full. Can I move the volume shadow copy data from the F ...

While the feature does eat up quite a bit of disk space, it's definitely worth it for those with demanding end users. There have always been things about the world of IT that have been frustrating to ...

A new ransomware vaccine program has been created that terminates processes that try to delete volume shadow copies using Microsoft's vssadmin.exe program, Every day, Windows will create backups of ...

The Play ransomware group has developed two custom tools in .NET, namely Grixba and VSS Copying Tool, which it uses to improve the effectiveness of its cyberattacks. Microsoft says that some ...