gHacks technology news » shadow explorer http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Restore Files With Shadow Explorer http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/29/restore-files-with-shadow-explorer/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/29/restore-files-with-shadow-explorer/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:05:39 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6603 Windows Vista uses a service called Volume Shadow Copy Service which is turned on by default on all versions of Windows Vista. With the service turned on the Volume Shadow Copy Service creates so called shadow copies of files in Windows Vista from time to time which are ideal if you have to restore files that got accidentally deleted or altered.

On the downside the ability to restore files using the Volume Shadow Copy Service is only available for Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise and Business editions.

Shadow Explorer is a software for Windows Vista that makes it possible to restore files using the Volume Shadow Copy Service on all versions of Windows Vista. The program can be installed under Windows XP but it does not work if you execute it.

Shadow Explorer requires administrative privileges to be started. The interface is then providing an explorer like window with information about the stored shadow copies in the header area.

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The user can select a different version of the shadow copy that has been saved by using the pulldown menu at the top.

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A right-click on selected files or folders opens up a context menu with the option to restore these.

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The user can restore files in the same folder or another one. A confirmation dialog pops up if he tries to restore the files in the same folder because they would overwrite the existing files obviously.

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A message appears at the end of the operation telling the user if the file restore operation was successful.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/29/restore-files-with-shadow-explorer/feed/ 1 Browse and Restore Shadow Copies in Windows Vista http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/browse-and-restore-shadow-copies-in-windows-vista/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/browse-and-restore-shadow-copies-in-windows-vista/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:03:23 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/26/browse-and-restore-shadow-copies-in-windows-vista/ Shadow Copies have been introduced into Windows XP Service Pack 1 and been extended in Windows Vista where it is used in System Restore and backup utility. You might have come upon the problem that a file was in use when trying to copy, move or delete it. Shadow Copies are used to copy every file, basically state of the art read only copies of files on the hard drive. This means that even important system files that are running all the time can be backed up without difficulties.

Shadow Explorer [via How to Geek] is a application for Windows Vista that makes it possible to browse and restore those files that have been saved. It mainly serves the purpose of providing users of Windows Vista Home with the ability to browse those files which is already possible in other editions of Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise and Ultimate).

It can be extremely helpful if you want to restore a previous version of a file that has been saved.

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Users who use Windows Vista but not the Home Edition can access this feature by right-clicking a file and selecting Restore previous versions from the menu.

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