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[Fredlineblue]

Hi,

Without too much 'techno-babble', could someone explain why I would want to stop the vss. Is it because active vss during defrag might mess up restore points?

Thanks.

[kroozer]

Fredlineblue, on 09 January 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

Is it because active vss during defrag might mess up restore points?

I presume it's to prevent restore point expansion during defrag.

[Winapp2.ini]

moving the files around with VSS enabled will trigger the creation/expansion of a restore point, which will cause more fragmentation.

[Fredlineblue]

In that case, why would the default setting be set as not to stop the vss?

Thanks.

[kroozer]

Fredlineblue, on 11 January 2012 - 05:18 PM, said:

. . .  why would the default setting be set as not to stop the vss?

That option was likely introduced only cos a few users with low disk free space complained of losing restore points. If you have plenty of free space I suggest you leave the option ☐unticked, cos the VSS expansion provides a safety net in the rare event a defrag messes a file. Better safe than sorry.

[Winapp2.ini]

Also some people don't like their services disabled without asking!

[Alan_B]

Winapp2.ini, on 11 January 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

Also some people don't like their services disabled without asking!

Some of us would consider it disrespectful - and worse.

Sometimes Windows cannot even do one job at a time - I do not trust it to do two or more jobs at a time.

Others may be more adventurous.  They may even defrag whilst making a partition image backup.
Creating a backup will not end well if defraggler stops VSS.

In theory VSS gives a consistent image capture and the backup file will not see defraggler's work in progress,
but as I said before - I do not trust Windows to do two or more jobs at a time.