VShadow is a command-line tool that you can use to create and manage volume shadow copies. It is also a sample that demonstrates the use of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) COM API.
A shadow copy can be exposed as a local volume—assigned a drive letter or associated with a mounted folder—or as a file share. To illustrate, consider a shadow copy made of a volume on the system exposedSys mounted at F:\ on whose root are
Volume Shadow Copy analysis is a powerful tool in the forensic investigator’s arsenal, and KAPE makes it easier and more efficient than ever to access and analyze this data.