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Subject: | special name for vss shadow copy device? |
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All, I'm familiar with http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html But it only shows the \device\hardisk mappings. Are there also mapppings for the shadow devices. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy) ie. \Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4 or \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4 If your running Vista or Win2008 you can create a shadow copy device by going to the file explorer, right clicking on a local NTFS drive, clicking properties, then the "shadow copies" tab, then create now. To get the instance number (4 above) you go to the command line and type "vssadmin list shadows". In theory I should be able to mount that under cygwin and access my snapshot-ed filesystem. My personal desire is make a full dd copy of a snapshot onto a external drive. ie. dd if=/dev/sd-shadowcopy4 of=<my_image_file> Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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