There is a service called volume shadow copy that can help me to control my system restore points , this service can make me restore any thing ( e.g restore my files that I write at specific date ) , this service can make me control window c:\ operating system partition to make stable restore points that I can save and manipulate , VSS ( volume shadow copy service) can make me control the size of it at any partition (e.g 5 G ) , as we all know that VSS can help a lot beside backup , because it is so small and just save files indexes or nodes at any hard drive ( not the file it self )
my question is , when I started this service from computer right click
manage > services and applications > services > volume shadow copy
, and I configured it as automatic start , after that I start
storage > Disk management > c:\ , and I made right click > properties
, after that I did not find the shadow copy tab ! , what shall I do to get this tab ?
for more information's look to this three figures links
Update
1 - as twisty answer I made an update to the figures , I found previous version but no configure shadow copy
2 - also I made stop to the volume shadow copy service , and I made restore point and backup and I found that it's still work ! ?
2 Answers
The Shadow Copies tab had been renamed Previous Versions as shown in your 3rd screen shot. This is the case in at least Windows 7/Server 2008 and later (possibly even Vista and later).
Previous Versions/Shadow Copies are also configured differently in modern versions of Windows. A new command, Configure Shadow Copies, has been added to the context menu of a drive when accessed from My Computer.
1The command "Configure Shadow copies" within the context menu of the drive only exists on Windows Server OS.
As far as Windows client operating systems are concerned: You have to right-click "This PC" or "Computer" to open the System properties. Alternatively use the control panel on Windows 7 or the classic control panel (enter control in search box) on Windows 8 and Windows 10 to get to the system properties.
Then click System Protection, and there you have the detailed settings to configure shadow copy. My recommendation is: Just activate it, the default settings are reasonable, and depending on the amount of file activity goes back about 31 days with two shadow copies each day.
For more details: See the configurable schedule on the shadow copies in windows task scheduler. For Server OS it is right within "configure shadow copies" where you have a nice GUI to set the schedule - sadly missing in the client OS.
For going back more days or versions that the default 64:
