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 ...

Some of the most significant new features in .NET focus on simplifying user support. One especially resource-intensive support issue involves individual file restores. How often have you gotten a ...

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 ...

We moved over to Windows Server 2003 in the summer. We setup Shadow Copy and installed the client on users' XP computers. Everything was working fine. I guess no one has had to use the feature, ...

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 ...

St. Bernard software has been one of my favorite software vendors for many years, ever since it became one of the first to offer the ability to back up open files. You know that problem, users who go ...

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 ...

If you accidentally overwrite an important PowerPoint business presentation, you may think you've lost your data and hours of hard work. Windows 7, however, includes a Volume Shadow Copy feature that ...

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 ...