Windows XP

[shatto]

All night the Defragment program was stopped:

[c:] Paused for Volume Shadow Copy

I restarted the program and the same thing popped-up.
Never saw this before. What is it?

[theholycow]

I can't say that I've seen that message before. You could stop the Volume Shadow Copy service while it's running and that ought to take care of it. However, I recommend using Defraggler instead of the built-in defragmenter.
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
It's small, fast, effective, and robust.

[shatto]

Before the Defrag, I ran CCleaner and deleted;

Internet Explorer:
temporary internet files
cookies
history
recently typed URL's
Index.dat files
last download location

Windows Explorer:
recent documents
search autocomplete
other explorer MRU's

System:
empty recycle bin
temporary files
clipboard
memory dumps
Chkdsk file fragments
window log files

So, the question is, if some of the above was a no-no?

[theholycow]

The error you got was not related to anything you did with CCleaner.

Volume Shadow Copy is a background filesystem subsystem that helps Windows do backups of files that are in use and allows Windows Vista and later to keep backups of files when you change them.

[shatto]

If they are necessary, how do I get it back?

[theholycow]

You mean if you need to retrieve an older version of a file that you changed? In XP, there's nothing you can do. XP doesn't keep backup versions. It only uses the volume shadow copy service if you're using a backup program.

In Vista, you can use this:
http://www.shadowexplorer.com

[shatto]

I could go back a week on Carbonite.

[dkjones96]

Turn off the restore points in your system properties then restart, that should take care of it.