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When I click on the Previous Version tab I only see "There are no previous versions available"

I've been running VSS for some time now on a file server. I need to recover quite a bit of files and when I go to the previous versions tab I get a "Previous versions not displaying" under the folders version area. However if I check the drive they snapshots are listed and when I run vssadmin list shadows I get a long list of entries back a month or so. I also tried making a symbolic link with the mklink. For example mklink e:\shadow202 /d \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy202. It creates the link OK but when I go access I get a "E:\Shadow202 is not accessible The parameter is incorrect". Help!

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Cliff Galiher

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chilemoore

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That did it. Though thanks Cliff for your suggestions. We were hit with crypto -malware. And unfortunately due to a power outrage last week that caused issues with my vCenter my backup had not been running on this specific server. I still need to see if anyone broke the cripto but having access to 2 months of vss files and older backups I should be good.

chilemoore

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Sorry for the delay

chilemoore

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I was able to resolve and I'm back on track. I was missing the trailing \ but prior to restoring I ran a backup which failed and I lost all my snapshots. Thanks.

When I click on the Previous Version tab I only see &quot;There are no previous versions available&quot;

When I click on the Previous Version tab I only see "There are no previous versions available"