This post explains how to fix error code 0x80042313, The shadow copy provider timed out while flushing data to the volume being shadow copied. A few Windows users ...

Ever deleted a file or folder on a file server and didn't mean to? Yea, me neither. But if you did, what would you do about it? Maybe you'd break out the backup tape or perhaps perform the restore ...

The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is an integral component of the Windows Operating System, which can facilitate the creation and management of shadow copies of the system that can be used for ...

The Volume Shadow Copy feature I wrote about last time is interesting enough (and quirky enough) that it seemed like a good idea to throw out a few more details. For starters, shadow copies are ...

Windows 2003 Server introduced a cool feature called “Shadow Copies of Shared Folders,” which is also available in Server 2008. In a nutshell, this feature (also known as the Volume Shadowcopy Service ...

One of my favorite Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 features is the included VS Writer, which leverages the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to back up running virtual machines. In order to take advantage ...