Vista - Shadow copies absolutely refuse to work

Hello my question is that despite the fact i use vista ultimate(64 bit
version/administrator) at home and have system protection turned on my
computer refuses to make shadow copies. I have 52 gigs left on my 140 gig
hard drive. This makes no sense. I even have restore points up to last week.
Yet no file has a shadow copy, be it a word doc or jpeg. I even changed and
saved over files on purpose to try and get a shadow copy. Any help would be
good because i am absolutely stumped.

Hi aethorpe--

I'd first try to solve this by running SFC. Type cmd in search box above
Start Button>rt. click cmd when pops up>run as admin>at prompt type sfc
/scannow.

One of the best sources for info on VSS is Jill Zoeller's blog where she and
her team have several good articles on it. That's here:

http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/

Either Search VSS or click on the links she has on the right pane.

Good luck,

CH

"aethorpe" <aethorpe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AEC7D0D8-E203-497F-8264-D5B621EEBFD9@microsoft.com...
> Hello my question is that despite the fact i use vista ultimate(64 bit
> version/administrator) at home and have system protection turned on my
> computer refuses to make shadow copies. I have 52 gigs left on my 140 gig
> hard drive. This makes no sense. I even have restore points up to last
> week.
> Yet no file has a shadow copy, be it a word doc or jpeg. I even changed
> and
> saved over files on purpose to try and get a shadow copy. Any help would
> be
> good because i am absolutely stumped.

I should have added that if mine didn't work with adequate space and you
have a ton, and SFC didn't fix it, if you have a DVD I'd pop it in and try
to run a Startup Repair.

CH


"aethorpe" <aethorpe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AEC7D0D8-E203-497F-8264-D5B621EEBFD9@microsoft.com...
> Hello my question is that despite the fact i use vista ultimate(64 bit
> version/administrator) at home and have system protection turned on my
> computer refuses to make shadow copies. I have 52 gigs left on my 140 gig
> hard drive. This makes no sense. I even have restore points up to last
> week.
> Yet no file has a shadow copy, be it a word doc or jpeg. I even changed
> and
> saved over files on purpose to try and get a shadow copy. Any help would
> be
> good because i am absolutely stumped.

hey thanks for the info i am gonna give it a try tonight and see what happens

"Chad Harris" wrote:

> I should have added that if mine didn't work with adequate space and you
> have a ton, and SFC didn't fix it, if you have a DVD I'd pop it in and try
> to run a Startup Repair.
>
> CH
>
>
> "aethorpe" <aethorpe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AEC7D0D8-E203-497F-8264-D5B621EEBFD9@microsoft.com...
> > Hello my question is that despite the fact i use vista ultimate(64 bit
> > version/administrator) at home and have system protection turned on my
> > computer refuses to make shadow copies. I have 52 gigs left on my 140 gig
> > hard drive. This makes no sense. I even have restore points up to last
> > week.
> > Yet no file has a shadow copy, be it a word doc or jpeg. I even changed
> > and
> > saved over files on purpose to try and get a shadow copy. Any help would
> > be
> > good because i am absolutely stumped.
>
>