[AccessD] Microsoft Volume Copy Service

[Martin]

Rocky

https://m.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_disable_volume_shadow_copy_service.html

Bear in mind I know nothing.

Martin

On Thu, 29 May 2025, 17:12 Rocky Smolin, <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jamess:
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Since I'm retired now (except for the occasional quickie job from a legacy
> client), my computing life is very simple. The backup thing I always had
> covered, being an indie developer, so redundant backup was always my rule.
> Even going so far as to store a copy off site (my home). Everything that's
> on my Google Drive I also have on an EHD. So I feel pretty secure with
> that.
>
> From what I was able to determine from the web (not much) I don't really
> need this shadow backup. First of all I can't see how to set the properties
> for the target of the backup, define which files or folders or volumes are
> to be backed up, or any other property.  And the shadow copy service is
> still taking 35% of the CPU this morning. But what it's doing and where it
> is doing that is a mystery. And it is (apparently, not sure) making
> incremental backups which I 've always been wary of since a
> restore requires a lot of backup files.
>
> If I turn it off I would like to delete all the files it has created, but
> I'm at a loss to know where they are and what they're named.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM James Button via AccessD <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:
>
> > Not used that facility -
> > But the earlier "image" facility had the major flaws -
> > Starting with the automatic update of the image with modified files
> > during your
> > working day -
> > So any files that had lost needed data, been corrupted, or encrypted
> would
> > replace the "recovery ones".
> > Also the file history facility did not create entries of files with
> > fullnames of
> > over 230 characters  - or, depending on your login id and the system
> name,
> > a lot
> > less characters.
> >
> > There is also the 400 character fullname limit within OneDrive, as well
> as
> > the
> > "not doing that file" and "not telling you"
> > About files with set character strings in the fullname.
> >
> > What I found was needed was a volume restore facility to create the
> needed
> > partition sizes on a replacement drive ( storage device) so you could
> > recover
> > the partition setup in order to recover data  if the partition tables
> were
> > corrupted, and to restore from a backup created by such as Easeus ToDo  -
> > 4gb
> > parts maybe encrypted as a set, or using a BitLocker type facility  - and
> > upload
> > them to cloud as a safe store in case of losing all the IT @ home !
> >
> > And - re Google Drive - nice facility - but what if the account gets
> lost,
> > or
> > hacked with a new password set, or you lose comms access !
> >
> > Also - if storing stuff from the phone onto a cloud store,
> > Does access to the phone give access to all on the cloud storage -
> > e.g. the phone remembers the access to all your cloud storage .
> >
> > JimB
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD
> > <accessd-bounces+jamesbutton=blueyonder.co.uk at databaseadvisors.com> On
> > Behalf Of
> > Rocky Smolin
> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2025 1:08 AM
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> > solving
> > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: [AccessD] Microsoft Volume Copy Service
> >
> > Dear Lists:
> >
> > Microsoft Volume Copy Service is running (W11) taking about 35% of CPU
> > cycles. Do I need this?
> >
> > My personal data files (Client stuff, photos, docs, etc) are all backed
> up
> > to my Google drive.
> >
> > MTIA
> >
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