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libvshadow

Library and tools to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format

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libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain copies of data on a storage media volume.

Project information:

  • Status: alpha
  • Licence: LGPL-3.0-or-later

Also see:

  • OSDFC 2012: Paper - Windowless Shadow Snapshots: https://github.com/libyal/documentation/blob/master/Paper%20-%20Windowless%20Shadow%20Snapshots.pdf
  • OSDFC 2012: Slides - Windowless Shadow Snapshots: https://github.com/libyal/documentation/blob/master/Slides%20-%20Windowless%20Shadow%20Snapshots.pdf

Work in progress:

  • Dokan library support
  • Multi-threading support

For more information see:

  • Project documentation: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/wiki/Home
  • How to build from source: https://github.com/libyal/libvshadow/wiki/Building
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