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| | Vista - Shadow Copy is not working |
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| 11-26-2007 | #1 |
| | Shadow Copy is not working I have vista ultimate and can't figure out a way to get "Previous versions" of files to work correctly. When check this tab all I ever see is "There are no previous versions available". Few things I've tried. Verified System Protection is enabled on c:\ (system) drive. Verified Printer and Filesharing was enabled on local connection. Disabled, rebooted and re-enabled system protection. The only error I get relating to this in the error logs is: "The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout." Here's what I get when checking vssadmin list shadowstorage: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list shadowstorage vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (C \\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e6963}\Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C \\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e6963}\ Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.383 GB Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.881 GB Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 17.174 GB Shadow Copy Storage association For volume: (E \\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33ad}\Shadow Copy Storage volume: (E \\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33ad}\ Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.594 MB Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 100 MB Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 57.25 GB C:\Windows\system32> I would really, really like for this feature to work. Please help. |
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| 11-26-2007 | #2 |
| | RE: Shadow Copy is not working Nevermind. I had been using TweakVista and had a few services that appeared to be completely unrelated to shadow copy disabled. Restoring default services fixed it immediately. "Sorter13" wrote: Quote: > I have vista ultimate and can't figure out a way to get "Previous versions" > of files to work correctly. When check this tab all I ever see is "There > are no previous versions available". Few things I've tried. > > Verified System Protection is enabled on c:\ (system) drive. > Verified Printer and Filesharing was enabled on local connection. > Disabled, rebooted and re-enabled system protection. > > The only error I get relating to this in the error logs is: "The VSS service > is shutting down due to idle timeout." > > Here's what I get when checking vssadmin list shadowstorage: > Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] > Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list shadowstorage > vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool > (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. > > Shadow Copy Storage association > For volume: (C \\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e6963}\> Shadow Copy Storage volume: > (C \\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e69> 63}\ > Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.383 GB > Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.881 GB > Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 17.174 GB > > Shadow Copy Storage association > For volume: (E \\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33ad}\> Shadow Copy Storage volume: > (E \\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33> ad}\ > Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.594 MB > Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 100 MB > Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 57.25 GB > > > C:\Windows\system32> > > I would really, really like for this feature to work. Please help. |
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| 11-27-2007 | #3 |
| | Re: Shadow Copy is not working Sorter Glad you got this problem fixed and thanks for letting us know how you fixed it. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Sorter13" <Sorter13@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7C9AF6E6-3AED-4CC5-8448-2A080B0A862B@xxxxxx Quote: > Nevermind. I had been using TweakVista and had a few services that > appeared > to be completely unrelated to shadow copy disabled. Restoring default > services fixed it immediately. > > "Sorter13" wrote: > Quote: >> I have vista ultimate and can't figure out a way to get "Previous >> versions" >> of files to work correctly. When check this tab all I ever see is >> "There >> are no previous versions available". Few things I've tried. >> >> Verified System Protection is enabled on c:\ (system) drive. >> Verified Printer and Filesharing was enabled on local connection. >> Disabled, rebooted and re-enabled system protection. >> >> The only error I get relating to this in the error logs is: "The VSS >> service >> is shutting down due to idle timeout." >> >> Here's what I get when checking vssadmin list shadowstorage: >> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] >> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. >> >> C:\Windows\system32>vssadmin list shadowstorage >> vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line >> tool >> (C) Copyright 2001-2005 Microsoft Corp. >> >> Shadow Copy Storage association >> For volume: (C \\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e6963}\>> Shadow Copy Storage volume: >> (C \\?\Volume{ab76703b-6650-11dc-81ff-806e6f6e69>> 63}\ >> Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.383 GB >> Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.881 GB >> Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 17.174 GB >> >> Shadow Copy Storage association >> For volume: (E \\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33ad}\>> Shadow Copy Storage volume: >> (E \\?\Volume{bf5c5c91-7935-11dc-b1d6-000c41dd33>> ad}\ >> Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2.594 MB >> Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 100 MB >> Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 57.25 GB >> >> >> C:\Windows\system32> >> >> I would really, really like for this feature to work. Please help. |
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| 12-31-2007 | #4 |
| Vista Ultimate 64 | Re: Shadow Copy is not working Sorter13, thanks for your post. I'll install tweakvista and see if I can fix the same problem with "shadow copies" on my system. There must be a glitch in Vista disabling the feature. |
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