Is there a way to delete and disable shadow copies?

[John Aldred]

I am aware that shadow copies are invaluable to those of us that want to
restore a document to a previous version, or even recover one that has been
deleted from the recycle bin.

However there are certain sensitive personal documents that I would like to
completely remove from the computer once I have made a hard copy.

Does anyone know of a way to selectively turn off shadow copy for My
Documents folder, and to delete the various snapshots taken of that folder?

--
John Aldred

 

[Slap]

"John Aldred" <aldred@newvillage.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I am aware that shadow copies are invaluable to those of us that want to
> restore a document to a previous version, or even recover one that has
> been
> deleted from the recycle bin.
>
> However there are certain sensitive personal documents that I would like
> to
> completely remove from the computer once I have made a hard copy.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to selectively turn off shadow copy for My
> Documents folder, and to delete the various snapshots taken of that
> folder?
>

Doesn't look like it, not easy anyway. Have a read...
http://blog.szynalski.com/2009/11/23/volume-shadow-copy-system-restore/
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[Slap]

"Slap" <slap@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "John Aldred" <aldred@newvillage.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:dwNmn.200978$Lu5.116315@newsfe02.ams2...
>> I am aware that shadow copies are invaluable to those of us that want to
>> restore a document to a previous version, or even recover one that has
>> been
>> deleted from the recycle bin.
>>
>> However there are certain sensitive personal documents that I would like
>> to
>> completely remove from the computer once I have made a hard copy.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to selectively turn off shadow copy for My
>> Documents folder, and to delete the various snapshots taken of that
>> folder?
>>
>
> Doesn't look like it, not easy anyway. Have a read...
> http://blog.szynalski.com/2009/11/23/volume-shadow-copy-system-restore/
>

In case you miss the link in the above have a look here...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa819132(VS.85).aspx
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[John Aldred]

Slap wrote:

>
> "Slap" <slap@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ScOmn.44415$Dv7.5549@newsfe17.iad...
>>
>> "John Aldred" <aldred@newvillage.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:dwNmn.200978$Lu5.116315@newsfe02.ams2...
>>> I am aware that shadow copies are invaluable to those of us that want to
>>> restore a document to a previous version, or even recover one that has
>>> been
>>> deleted from the recycle bin.
>>>
>>> However there are certain sensitive personal documents that I would like
>>> to
>>> completely remove from the computer once I have made a hard copy.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a way to selectively turn off shadow copy for My
>>> Documents folder, and to delete the various snapshots taken of that
>>> folder?
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't look like it, not easy anyway. Have a read...
>> http://blog.szynalski.com/2009/11/23/volume-shadow-copy-system-restore/
>>
>
> In case you miss the link in the above have a look here...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa819132(VS.85).aspx
> --


Thanks very much for the information.

I have two thick manuals published by Microsoft Press but neither of them
mention shadow copies.

I did find some information on-line which enabled me to list the shadow
volumes and to view the contents of the files - but nothing about excluding
certain folders of deleting existing content.

However I have just found what looks to be a useful utility. This is
East-Tec Eraser 2010.Available from here:-
www.east-tec.com/consumer/eraser

Primarily it is one of those privacy tools that cleans up personal data and
securely deletes files.

In addition it has a Volume Shadow Copy Manager tool which can be set to
exclude personal files. It can also securely delete existing volumes.

I shall give it a try, and hope that it doesn't wreck my Win7 installation.

--
John Aldred