Sorry, I forgot: using Windows 7 64bit but I got similar problems with Windows XP and 2003.
I also tried VSHADOW.EXE to create a snapshot and I get: VSHADOW.EXE 3.0 - Volume Shadow Copy sample client. Copyright (C) 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (Option: Create shadow copy set) (Gathering writer metadata...) (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...) Error during the last asynchronous operation. - Returned HRESULT = 0x80042318 - Error text: VSS_E_WRITER_INFRASTRUCTURE - Please re-run VSHADOW.EXE with the /tracing option to get more details -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple