Is there a way to delete and disable shadow copies?

[John Aldred]

I am aware that shadow copies are invaluable to those of us that want to
restore a document to a previous version, or even recover one that has been
deleted from the recycle bin.

However there are certain sensitive personal documents that I would like to
completely remove from the computer once I have made a hard copy.

Does anyone know of a way to selectively turn off shadow copy for My
Documents folder, and to delete the various snapshots taken of that folder?

 

[Slap]

I am aware that shadow copies are invaluable to those of us that want to
restore a document to a previous version, or even recover one that has
been
deleted from the recycle bin.

However there are certain sensitive personal documents that I would like
to
completely remove from the computer once I have made a hard copy.

Does anyone know of a way to selectively turn off shadow copy for My
Documents folder, and to delete the various snapshots taken of that
folder?

Doesn't look like it, not easy anyway. Have a read...
http://blog.szynalski.com/2009/11/23/volume-shadow-copy-system-restore/
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[Slap]

Doesn't look like it, not easy anyway. Have a read...
http://blog.szynalski.com/2009/11/23/volume-shadow-copy-system-restore/

In case you miss the link in the above have a look here...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa819132(VS.85).aspx
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[John Aldred]

In case you miss the link in the above have a look here...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa819132(VS.85).aspx
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Thanks very much for the information.

I have two thick manuals published by Microsoft Press but neither of them
mention shadow copies.

I did find some information on-line which enabled me to list the shadow
volumes and to view the contents of the files - but nothing about excluding
certain folders of deleting existing content.

However I have just found what looks to be a useful utility. This is
East-Tec Eraser 2010.Available from here:-
www.east-tec.com/consumer/eraser

Primarily it is one of those privacy tools that cleans up personal data and
securely deletes files.

In addition it has a Volume Shadow Copy Manager tool which can be set to
exclude personal files. It can also securely delete existing volumes.

I shall give it a try, and hope that it doesn't wreck my Win7 installation.