I am attempting to copy some files from a windows 2008 server using diskshadow. I am using the following script: #DiskShadow script file set context persistent nowriters set metadata c:\copydata\backup.cab set verbose on begin backup add volume c: alias SystemVolumeShadow add volume d: alias DataVolumeShadow create expose %SystemVolumeShadow% p: expose %DataVolumeShadow% q: exec c:\copydata\backupscript.cmd end backup delete shadows exposed p: delete shadows exposed q: #End of script if i use xcopy in c:\copydata\backupscript.cmd I get "access denied" errors along with "0 files copied" however the files and datestamps are copied, but not the contents of the files. if i use robocopy in c:\copydata\backupscript.cmd I get no errors however nothing is copied. Is there a command which will copy files from a shadow copy created with diskshadow in the same manner as xcopy could be used with shadow copies created with vshadow.exe. Alternatively if there was a way I can select a nas drive as the target for a backup using "Windows Server Backup" as that would do instead. Thanks in advance for your assistance

Hi, I would suggest trying the following syntax: robocopy X:\shadowcopy\dir\dir Y:\dir /S /XJ /COPY:DAT /NFL /NDL /w:0 /r:0 The header information: I am copying only the dir/dir directories (change as required)X being the source driveY being the destination drive*.* indicates to copy all files/NDL suppresses directory listings to the console/NFL suppresses file listings to the console/S copies the source folder and all sub folders and files/COPY:DAT copies data, attributes and timestamps/XJ exclude junction points/R:0 number of retries on failed copies (in other words -do not re try - Edit to taste)/W:0 wait between retries Kind Regards, Martin Credit: Richard DIf you find my information useful, please rate it. :-)

Hi, I would suggest trying the following syntax: robocopy X:\shadowcopy\dir\dir Y:\dir /S /XJ /COPY:DAT /NFL /NDL /w:0 /r:0 The header information: I am copying only the dir/dir directories (change as required)X being the source driveY being the destination drive*.* indicates to copy all files/NDL suppresses directory listings to the console/NFL suppresses file listings to the console/S copies the source folder and all sub folders and files/COPY:DAT copies data, attributes and timestamps/XJ exclude junction points/R:0 number of retries on failed copies (in other words -do not re try - Edit to taste)/W:0 wait between retries Kind Regards, Martin Credit: Richard DIf you find my information useful, please rate it. :-)

Thanks for your response. The robocopy syntax you suggested was essentially what I was doing. I re run the same batch file the following day and this time it performed as expected. A bit worrying that the same code produces different results on different days, but at least it works now. So thanks again.