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Previous Versions does not work on system drive but second drive
Hi There!
I have two physical disks in my notebook, one simple partition each, BitLocker encrypted. Drive C:, which is my system drive and drive D:, for some media stuff.
Windows Version is Windows 10.0.10586 x64
I have configured VSS to use the "Previous Versions" feature in case I accidentally delete or overwrite a file. I did this on my Win7 install to and it saved my butt at least three times.
Anyway, I am IT Tech and I usually know what I am doing. VSS is running (Volume Shadow Copy Service set to "Manual"), snapshots are there but when I right-click on a modified file (or on the root of the disk) and click "Previous Versions", my D: drive correctly displays the existing snapshots, on my system drive C: there is always a "There are no previous versions available" message. But, when I click the "System Restore..." button, I get a list with my snapshots, so I guess I could restore my system.
Googling around I was not able to find a solution, not even a hint. I am hoping for help here.
Here is the output of vssadmin. As you can see, configuration seems to be ok and the two manual snapshots are there on both drives. For the moment there is no system restore point, but it does not work with snaps created by them either.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>vssadmin List ShadowStorage
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.
Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{46482e7e-0000-0000-0000-100000000000}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{46482e7e-0000-0000-0000-100000000000}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 4,11 GB (3%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 4,40 GB (3%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 5,96 GB (5%)
Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{1e47260b-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{1e47260b-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 2,44 GB (0%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 3,21 GB (0%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 18,6 GB (2%)
C:\WINDOWS\system32>vssadmin List Shadows
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001-2013 Microsoft Corp.
Contents of shadow copy set ID: {5d6ff27f-4b16-4a51-bb1f-df7d889eaa48}
Contained 2 shadow copies at creation time: 07.01.2016 01:19:12
Shadow Copy ID: {9dd2c632-d0a4-4ca0-9380-8436da3bbc0e}
Original Volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{46482e7e-0000-0000-0000-100000000000}\
Shadow Copy Volume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy8
Originating Machine: mypc
Service Machine: mypc
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: ClientAccessibleWriters
Attributes: Persistent, Client-accessible, No auto release, Differential, Auto recovered
Shadow Copy ID: {5a90963f-1a18-4744-a0c1-59a4899e7d7f}
Original Volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{1e47260b-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000}\
Shadow Copy Volume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1
Originating Machine: mypc
Service Machine: mypc
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: ClientAccessibleWriters
Attributes: Persistent, Client-accessible, No auto release, Differential, Auto recovered
Contents of shadow copy set ID: {656c520d-be88-4616-8f8b-5f6019909f29}
Contained 2 shadow copies at creation time: 08.01.2016 16:32:16
Shadow Copy ID: {bf7474fa-f0df-4f3f-9b54-571c33202845}
Original Volume: (D:)\\?\Volume{46482e7e-0000-0000-0000-100000000000}\
Shadow Copy Volume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy18
Originating Machine: mypc
Service Machine: mypc
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: ClientAccessibleWriters
Attributes: Persistent, Client-accessible, No auto release, Differential, Auto recovered
Shadow Copy ID: {e4f03489-5f9e-4bac-bdf8-575eaa6eeca5}
Original Volume: (C:)\\?\Volume{1e47260b-0000-0000-0000-501f00000000}\
Shadow Copy Volume: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy17
Originating Machine: mypc
Service Machine: mypc
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: ClientAccessibleWriters
Attributes: Persistent, Client-accessible, No auto release, Differential, Auto recovered
Really appreciate any thoughts!
(Except those who want to "sell" the "File History" feature :)
Regards, Ernst
Last edited by ernst; 09 Jan 2016 at 03:37.