[2008]/[2005] Mounting volume shadow copy as drive letter?

[agno]

How do you mount volume shadow copy as drive letter?

[chris128]

I dont know if thats possible... I mean you can access a Volume Shadow Copy by going to the Previous Versions tab on a network folder or by going to Start -> Run -> \\server\data_share\@GMT-2008.08.11-06.00.02
Obviously the date/time at the end would need changing to relate to your Shadow Copy but you get the idea. However, you cannot map a drive to that same path as windows just says "There is no network"...
So, I think the only thing you can do if you want to access a VSS copy programmatically is use the tools from the VSS SDK in a similar way to this: http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/arch...05/346793.aspx

EDIT: Here's a better tutorial on how to do exactly what you want using the VSS SDK tools - http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/arch...20/357836.aspx
I guess you could either call a similar script from your program or just try to find a way to do the same thing in VB.NET (but you would still have to call the VSS SDK exe mentioned in that article)