Everything about Shadow Copy
Microsoft technology for storage snapshots
Shadow Copy is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service. A software VSS provider service is also included as part of Windows to be used by Windows applications. Shadow Copy technology requires either the Windows NTFS or ReFS filesystems in order to create and store shadow copies. Shadow Copies can be created on local and external volumes by any Windows component that uses this technology, such as when creating a scheduled Windows Backup or automatic System Restore point. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Shadow CopyA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Algorithmic Shadow SpectroscopyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Les MisérablesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Experimental shadow tomography beyond single-copy measurementsCited 7 times
- Go sideways: Backup and RestoreA closely related topic
- Go sideways: NTBackupA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Les MisérablesVictor Hugo · 1862
A Memory of LightRobert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson · 2013
キッチン吉本 ばなな · 1988
Long ShadowsDavid Baldacci · 2022
Shadow TyrantsClive Cussler, Boyd Morrison · 2018
The Shadow of KyoshiF.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino · 2007
Land of the good shadowsHeluiz Washburne, Anauta Blackmore · 1940
The shadow of an airplane climbs the Empire State BuildingParker Tyler · 1972
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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