Patent Document ID: 20100274763
Application ID: 12833826
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, comprising: creating and maintaining a shadow copy of a volume that has multiple files, the shadow copy of the volume including a first full dataset, wherein the shadow copy is a logical duplicate of the volume at a point in time, wherein the first full dataset includes metadata and data for all files and directories on the volume, and wherein creating the shadow copy includes storing it on one or more computer storage media; creating a second full dataset of the volume and storing it on one or more computer storage media, wherein the second full dataset includes metadata and data for all files and directories on the volume; overwriting the first full dataset with the second full dataset while the shadow copy is maintained; deleting the second full dataset; renaming the first full dataset as the second full dataset; and accessing the first full dataset via the shadow copy.