Quick Reference Guide

78 Drives and Media
3 Click Run as administrator .
4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue .
5 Type the following:
vssadmin list shadowstorage .
6 Press < Enter > .
The
Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow
Storage.
Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage
1 Click Start → All Programs → Accessories .
2 Right-click Command Prompt .
3 Click Run as administrator .
4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue .
5 Type the following:
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space
you will allow for Shadow Storage]
6 Press < Enter > .
7 Click Start → Computer → Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less
drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage.
NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and
minimum sizes for this storage area.
Solid-State Drive (SSD)
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory
to store persistent data. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to
electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard
Drives use a magnetic media.
Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus
easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random
Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of a
flash memory, is often called a RAM-drive.