Shadow copies
I understand why they are created...but
1. Why is included in the backup?
2. Why is Acronis setting my System Restore to 100% even though I have it disabled?
My OS drive is an M2 drive with around 67 GB of used space. As soon as the backup starts, the disk usage goes to 107 GB. The final backup is 81.7 GB. How do I have a compressed backup that's 20 GB larger than the disk it's backing up?
The only issue is VSS Shadow Storage Status. I have System Restore turned off. I never use it. That's why I make backups so I don't have to hold 10% of my disk space for restore points.
En réponse à The only issue is VSS Shadow… par truwrikodrorow…
Acronis is the software that sets it to 100% shown in the screenshot above. I set it to 0, run a backup and it's always back to 100%.
Acronis uses VSS to create backups. Your having System Restore off is part of your issue. A minimum of 10% storage space is the requirement for use of VSS for True Image.
If you do not want that then go to the Options for backup, select the advanced tab then expand Performance where you will see that you can select or change the VSS option. Use either No snapshot or Acronis snapshot.
It doesn't matter if I set system restore to 10% or not, it still is backing up the shadow copy it makes during the backup. Basically, system restore on or not, it makes a shadow copy in System Volume Information and backs it up adding GB of space to the backup. Space that you'll end up having to delete on a restore. On a normal backup, it deletes this shadow copy, but if you stop a current backup or something happens during the backup, this 45 GB file stays stuck in SVI and you have to delete it. I think this is a bug in the program.
Ok, now you have pointed to or made clear what problem you are having. You are probably experiencing a new issue with VSS. I have seen 0ne or maybe two other posts along the same lines. So not all users are effected.
I suggest that you run another backup of the drive and when finished select the feedback option in your account and write a description of the problem you have. Also provide link or reference to this thread. Send in the feedback which by default will include a system report for the support team to look at.
You should be contacted about the issue. This may take some time but contact should occur. I have 2 systems using M.2 drives running Win 10 Pro and do not see this issue with the current build of the product.
Boy did I make a mistake. I contacted support by chat on Saturday. Acronis is not supposed to backup System Volume Information.....period. It was even in my exclusion list. I let them take over my PC. That was the mistake. They spent an hour messing around and told me to monitor the situation. I monitored it all right. One BSOD after another using Acronis and then it killed my SSD RAID 0 with 400 GB of games on it. Glad I had a backup so I didn't have to download 400GB again. Since all my OS backups were hosed with the same Acronis issue and the BSOD's and that I could not rebuild the RAID using Windows or Disk Director, I just reinstalled Win 10 and ALL the programs. I just did my first OS backup and lo and behold a 48.8 GB drive created a 31.2 GB backup. Issue solved.
Glad to see it is working now, sorry you had to reinstall Windows and your apps though.
I'll tell you what. MS is playing it fast and loose with activating Win10. So far I have four, including a couple new systems I have built, where Windows activated without entering any key or signing in to a MS account. When I reinstalled on this system, I entered no key and did not sign on and it activated. I have valid keys, but why use them if you don't have to? I would say they are using IP addresses, but newly built systems that have never had Windows loaded? I think they are activating every system just to get everyone on Win10. I used to have to call in to activate Win7 on the same system.
Windows 10 now uses a digital license which does not require license key entry once Windows 10 is authorized on a device.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12440/windows-10-activation
Yes, that is what happens. It can catch you out when you least expect it. My wife recently moved employer and she was given her old Dell notebook - they nuked the HDD. It had only ever run Win 7 as far as I am aware. It was less than 2 years old. No installation media. So, I purchased Win10 Licence. However, the Dell hardware signature had been registered with the Microsoft activation server so it allowed me to install Windows 10 Pro without the new licence. I will use it eventually.
Ian