I am trying to re-size a hard drive, and a file from System Volume Information prevents me from downsizing it. I suspect this file is associated with a Shadow Copy on my computer.
Running vssadmin list shadows lists all the Shadow Copies on my computer. However, I do not know which shadow copy belongs to the file I would like to delete.
Viewing extended information for the file I have:
Processing Inode 141...
Attribute 0: $STANDARD_INFORMATION
Attribute 2: $FILE_NAME
Long filename = '{57ed6f9a-4e13-11f0-80ed-00155dbd4806}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}'
Attribute 1: $DATA
Creating new stream: ':$DATA'
Extent: Lcn=469856020, Vcn=0, NextVcn=156080
Viewing the information for the Shadow Copies I get things along the lines of:
Contents of shadow copy set ID: {29a40418-c5f6-46e1-b844-c11605638591}
Contained 1 shadow copies at creation time: 5/19/2025 12:04:40 PM
Shadow Copy ID: {e4a782de-b32e-4650-ad0a-91b13e791a4e}
Original Volume: (Q:)\?Volume{42dda01b-b0f8-44c1-a40c-a475dd7a03ab}
Shadow Copy Volume: \?GLOBALROOTDeviceHarddiskVolumeShadowCopy37
Originating Machine: BRONVDC01.BRONANDSONS.local
Service Machine: BRONVDC01.BRONANDSONS.local
Provider: 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Type: DataVolumeRollback
Attributes: Persistent, No auto release, No writers, Differential
I can also view the modification dates for the filename. Any clue how to get any more information, which would allow me to associate the Shadow Copies with their appropriate filenames?