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Studies have shown that human error. primarily accidental file deletion or modification. causes over one-third of all data loss. For the average business, whether a small, medium, or enterprise organization, the impact of lost data is at the least an inconvenience and at the worst a critical blow that can jeopardize daily operations.

Microsoft® Windows Server. 2003 includes Shadow Copies of Shared Folders to help prevent inadvertent loss of data.

Shadow copies are a low-cost way to recover from many file-related accidents caused by human error, such as accidentally deleting, corrupting, or editing a file.

Shadow Copies of Shared Folders helps alleviate data loss by creating shadow copies of files or folders that are stored on network file shares at pre-determined time intervals. In essence, a shadow copy is a previous version of the file or folder at a specific point in time.

What can shadow copies do for you?
¤ Backing up working files in Windows 2003
¤ Automatic backup for shared folders
¤ Retrieve older copies of files you worked on
¤ Revert back to older versions of your data
¤ Retrieve deleted files you worked on

some information about Shadow copies was taken from microsoft.com

Windows server 2003 Shadow Copy

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