[dba-Tech] Curious question

Not strange,  Jim is talking about earlier versions of Windows 

It's on permanently  in Win 7 for NTFS disks. - that's how  "Previous Versions" : and System 
Restore Points work now.  

-- 
Stuart


On 9 Mar 2013 at 12:22, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> This is getting stranger. I don't have that tab either.
> Tabs I do have:
> Row 1: Security, Previous Versions, Quota, Customize
> Row 2: General, Tools, Hardware, Sharing
> Maybe I should put on the soundtrack to Psycho....
> A,
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> > It should be under the system protection tab.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 11:15 PM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Curious question
> >
> > I can't find a shadow copy tab in the properties dialog. Windows 7 sp1.
> >
> > I'll do some googling.
> >
> > A.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Arthur:
> > >
> > > If you have "shadow copy" turned on for the specific drive then you can
> > > backup all files regardless of how they are being used.
> > >
> > > Explorer > Drive > right-mouse-click > properties > shadow copies tab and
> > > it
> > > will show you whether your drive's shadow copy is enabled or not. If it
> > is
> > > enabled then and backup system that used shadow copy technology can
> > backup
> > > the current drive regardless of the state of the files. The following is
> > a
> > > free program that uses this in its backup method.
> > >
> > > http://www.runtime.org/shadow-copy.htm
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur
> > Fuller
> > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 8:15 PM
> > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > > Subject: [dba-Tech] Curious question
> > >
> > > I'm just curious. How do backup programs get access to files that are in
> > > use? You might have anything running, a database server, etc. So how do
> > > they deal with that?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > --
> > > Arthur
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> > >
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