If you've Vista and tried using the "improved" backup, you likely hate it. I hate it so much I switched to using Robocopy to get a selective differential "backup" (with ACLs), but anything in-use ...

Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS enables the Windows computer to create snapshots of your local files. The Vssadmin command-line tool allows to access these snapshots, and lists and deletes the ...

While the feature does eat up quite a bit of disk space, it's definitely worth it for those with demanding end users. There have always been things about the world of IT that have been frustrating to ...

I'm running ntbackup and want to check "Disable Volume Shadow Copy" under the advanced options of a backup. However, it's dimmed and will not let me choose that option.

While the VSSADMIN tool is fine for administering shadow copies, you may want more capabilities, especially if you want to automate some shadow copy activities in a script. The VSHADOW tool might be ...