If you have experienced the following error saying VSSControl: 2147467259 Backup jobs failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing the writer’s ...

If you've Vista and tried using the "improved" backup, you likely hate it. I hate it so much I switched to using Robocopy to get a selective differential "backup" (with ACLs), but anything in-use ...

This post explains how to fix error code 0x80042313, The shadow copy provider timed out while flushing data to the volume being shadow copied. A few Windows users ...

One of my favorite Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 features is the included VS Writer, which leverages the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to back up running virtual machines. In order to take advantage ...

Ever deleted a file or folder on a file server and didn't mean to? Yea, me neither. But if you did, what would you do about it? Maybe you'd break out the backup tape or perhaps perform the restore ...

One of my favorite Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 features is the included VS Writer, which leverages the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to back up running virtual machines. In order to take advantage ...