The shadow copy is not made when you save the file. It is made according to
a schedule.
"Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Robert & Alexander for your input.
>
> The reason I ask is that I see on Microsoft's site they mention previous
> copies and show multiple copies of a file over a very short period of time
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...ne/backup.mspx
>
> This feature (and a few others) in Vista is one of my reasons to consider
> the upgrade.
>
> Jeff
>
> "Alexander Suhovey" wrote:
>
>> Since this feature uses VSS that normally creates shadow copies on a
>> daily
>> basis, you will need either wait for another day or create snapshot
>> manually
>> by going to system restore and creating a restore point.
>>
>> I must confess, I'm yet to fully understand the logic behind "previous
>> versions" in Vista since sometimes for a document I was working on for a
>> whole week there's only one previous version listed but at the same time
>> there's full 6 previous versions available for a *folder* where this
>> document is saved along with other docs.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Suhovey
>>
>> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
>> news:A6952F59-D4A3-406A-88BA-526A500DA84C@microsoft.com...
>> > I've tried the same in the past for my files, but no backups for most
>> > of
>> > them. Seems to be only for files you have made many revisions on.
>> >
>> > --
>> > /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> > * Robert Firth *
>> > * Windows Vista x86 RTM *
>> > * http://www.WinVistaInfo.org *
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>> >
>> > "Jeff" <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:B5145449-5A06-4C1F-B1B7-27A87701DF9B@microsoft.com...
>> >>I am running RC2 and experimenting with shadow co have created a few
>> >>Word
>> >> docs and changed and resaved them, but when I rt click and choose
>> >> restore
>> >> previous versions I don’t see anything.
>> >>
>> >> System restore is on and I can see restore points, but my files don’t
>> >> seem
>> >> to have previous versions.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >> Jeff
>> >>
>> >
>>