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shadow copy is gone...
Name: pjr Date: May 29, 2007 at 06:27:24 Pacific OS: vista ultimate CPU/Ram: 2GB Product: Dell
Comment:
very strange.. i have just recently formatted and reinstalled windows.. and shadow copy was working fine.. i have installed some more programs... and now i went to see "previous versions" and it is empty, there isnt even a window, there is a tab, but it is all grey inside, no white table, like before... everytime i restart, VSST.exe is not running, the volume shadow copy service.. it is set to AUTO... i wonder what is causing this... any ideas?
no, it is not started... it is set to auto... but does not start auto.. i have tried starting it manually, and then going to a folder and going to previous version, but the tab is blank... (there is text, but no white table) all grey with black text at the top)
Summary: Apparently, that error pops up after you've put the PC into sleep mode. Try disabling your sleep mode and rebooting your PC. Also, make sure Volume Shadow Copy is enabled....
Summary: Hello, You can use TimeTraveler GUI to configure the storage used by Volume Shadow Copy service. It lets you delete old shadow copies too. It is free for 10 days so you should be able to fix your pr...