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How to use Volume Shadows Copy and Robocopy on Win7?

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Mar 15, 202620308 views
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I’d like to backup my system with Robocopy and Powershell, but Robocopy is not able to copy open files. Volume Shadows Copy seems a solution but I can’t find any clear and simple explanation on how to use it. Is there any documentation out there that is clear and simple? I’m running on Windows 7 x6…

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Check out the WMI Win32_ShadowCopy class. It has a Create method: I like DriveImage XML as a fully built VSS backup solution. It's free.

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