[AccessD] Microsoft Volume Copy Service

[Martin]

Sorry this link from there

https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/restore_lost_damaged_files.html

Martin

On Thu, 29 May 2025, 17:35 Martin, <martinreid at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> > <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
>> >
>> > r
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