Vista - Volume Shadow Copies, use it or lose it?

[Ripp]

So what's the word on Volume Shadow Copies in Vista (System Restore points). Is it worth it or does it just degrade disk performance?

[Sly Fox]

Eh, if you find yourself corrupting files all the time... Leave it on LOL.

I have it off though, found it to be a useless feature.

[Jazz_Data]

shadow copies have been around since server 2003 and is a very efficient way of restoring files in a corporate environment.

It does not corrupt any files...

It's usefull if you do lots of modifications to files (like word documents for example) and you want to return to a previous version of a file (like you accidently overwrite it or whatever...) If you right-click on a file in a share where shadow copies are enabled, you will have a "Previous Versions" tab.

Shadow Copies is also a component used in system state backups.

[Sly Fox]

I didn't say at any point that it corrupts files. I was more or less just saying in few words that if the topic creator has bad luck with files becoming corrupted (or anything really) that he should leave it on.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Well if you have been fine without it b4 using an OS whit this support you're probably gonna be fine without it now too.