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Old 11-26-2007   #1 (permalink)
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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-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.
Old 11-26-2007   #2 (permalink)
Sorter13
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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.
Old 11-27-2007   #3 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP
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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.
Old 12-31-2007   #4 (permalink)
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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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