{"id":3333,"date":"2016-06-24T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:54:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:54:37","slug":"shadowcopyview-recover-files-volume-shadow-snapshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/shadowcopyview-recover-files-volume-shadow-snapshot\/","title":{"rendered":"ShadowCopyView Recovers Files From Volume Shadow Copy Snapshots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ShadowCopyView is a brand new tool from Nirsoft that lists the snapshots or Volume Shadow Copies available in your disk drives, and lets you recover files from them.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ShadowCopyView1.png\" alt=\"ShadowCopyView\" width=\"603\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every snapshot contains and older versions of your files and folders from the date that the snapshot was created. Selecting a snapshot shows the list of folders in the lower pane from where you can browse and recover files or complete folders.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ShadowCopyView3.png\" alt=\"ShadowCopyView\" width=\"368\" height=\"202\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right-click&nbsp; the file or folder you want to restore, and click Copy Selected Files To&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ShadowCopyView4.png\" alt=\"ShadowCopyView\" width=\"560\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the destination path, and click <b>Do it!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can also browse a snapshot in Explorer. To do so, select the snapshot, right click and select <strong>Open In Windows Explorer<\/strong>, or simply press F2.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ShadowCopyView2.png\" alt=\"ShadowCopyView\" width=\"284\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ShadowCopyView5.png\" alt=\"ShadowCopyView\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3335\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nirsoft.net\/utils\/shadow_copy_view.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ShadowCopylogo.png\" alt=\"ShadowCopyView\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3334\" \/><\/a>Download <b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nirsoft.net\/utils\/shadow_copy_view.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ShadowCopyView<\/a><\/b> <br \/>(Supports Windows Vista, 7, 8 and Windows 10.)<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out other methods and utilities to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/recover-files-previous-versions-shadow-copy-windows-7-vista\/\">Recover deleted files using Previous versions (Shadow Copy) in Windows<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShadowCopyView is a brand new tool from Nirsoft that lists the snapshots or Volume Shadow Copies available in your disk drives, and lets you recover files from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3491,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/previousfilesrecovery-search-recover-files-shadow-copy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3333,"position":0},"title":"[PreviousFilesRecovery] Search and Recover Files from Shadow Copy Easily","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"PreviousFilesRecovery is another new tool to recover files from volume shadow copy snapshots. 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