Having had several On-Line Techs stumped, and as I gave a sincere effort with trying to resolve "deleting Shadow Images" with information provided from this Community as my starting point, the On-Line Techs have nudged me here, to
ask "those that truly know" solutions.
The scenario... there are a few, increasingly larger Shadow Images which have been created, and VSSADMIN informs me, the only means of deletion, is by the means of which they were created. As I KNOW there is No Corruption, and No Viral Issues...
My first thought is Windows Insider Installers, have created these Shadow Images, on my C-Drive, which occupy an overly large portion, AND these Images/Snap-Shots are ALSO PREVENTING any System Image to be saved as back-up on other partitions of my Hard-Drive.
The process is halted at about 85-90% completion, and an error of "image exists else-where" is given.
There are Two means of deleting Images, VSSADMIN Commands, and then the standard route, navigated thru System Protection, and the documentation I have examined from the Community Library do not reveal a Third means of Deleting
Shadow Images. This, is why I now present this predicament, and am requesting assistance.
Using a "third party" program, I am able to determine the "names" of these Images/Snap-Shots, and being some-what familiar with REGEDIT.EXE, should this be the means which I need to pursue, with straight-forward, relatively
simple instruction, I can "handle" this.
As of Build 14939, I encountered very nasty issues with Windows Defender conflicting with Bitdefender Total 2017... Three times I rolled back to Build 14936, I believe this to be where those over-sized, and troublesome System Images were Created. Yesterday,
Nov 3rd 2016, Build 14959 was installed with Bitdefender Total 2017 having been UN-INSTALLED PRIOR, as I wanted to clean up my Hard-Drive before re-introducing Bitdefender back into my Operating System, and this is where I discovered all the clutter and confusion.
Really would appreciate some help here... -Bitchesse