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Add-In: Time Traveler for Windows Home Server

By on December 1, 2009 in Add-ins & Apps

Time Traveler for Windows Home Server allows a user to create roll-back points for changed files in any shared folder on the home server. Through the Windows Home Server Console, users can roll-back a file or folder to any point in time.

That means if you ever overwrite a file in your shared folders by accident, then you can simply restore it!

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Time Traveler for WHS is a commercial add-in, priced at $29.99/£19.25. A trial version is available which allows a maximum of 25 rollback points.

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  • lolatyou

    Pretty rich.. Charges 29.95 and then another 4.99 he tries to throw in for some download service. What a fraud. You can rollback to previous versions of files for free using Shadow Copy which is built into Windows 2003 (WHS).

  • Chris

    Just a quick question is there any new info on WHS2 or has it been scrapped

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Jim_Clark Jim_Clark

    I can assure you that it is very much alive, tho I do not know the timetable for any releases.

    Which is probably about all I can say about it.

    • Chris

      Thanks. I love WHS but I am excited to see whats to come with WHS2. I have to give my applause to you and everyone that contributes to this site. I've been following and using this site for what seems like the last 2 years. Keep up the great work everyone.

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/tezzer Terry Walsh

        Thanks for the feedback, Chris!

  • Kelly

    I'm interested in file versioning on my WHS. What is Windows 2003 (WHS) and how do I install it on my WHS PC and enable shadow copy? Is this part of a WHS service pack I've missed?

    • Clarke

      Windows 2003 is properly named Windows Server 2003. It is the full-fledged server operating system that Windows Home Server is based (built) on. Just as the next version of Windows Home Server (WHS2) will be based off of Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 version of their server line operating system product line. You can "install" it on you WHS PC, but you should not, as you would need to buy it first (at great cost) and it would replace your WHS operating system, basically changing your operating system to Windows Server 2003 from Windows Home Server, and losing the unique features of Windows Home Server that led you to buy it in the first place. Likewise, it is not part of a service pack that you missed.

      That being said, while you can enable it on a WHS PC, I am not sure how well that plays with the way WHS pools the drives into one storage pool. Instead of telling you how to enable it here, I suggest you research it a bit and possibly try it on your WHS (after backing it up) before making such a base-level change and commiting your sensitive data to what happens next. You'll turn up good resources if you search Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy.

      • Kelly

        Thanks Clarke! Okay so it sounds like lolatyou was a bit off-mark. Replacing my WHS with Server 2003 is not something I'd want to attempt. I guess I'm wondering if he was even serious!? :)

        I'll stick with my trusty WHS and the time traveler software. The trial version of the software worked well for me and I'll be making the purchase.

        Thanks Clarke for your insight.<3

      • Clarke is a douche

        1) Clarke… seriously??? or should you be referred to as Clarky… or Clarkie/Clarka
        2) Windows Home Server is Windows Small Business Server 2003 (minus feature that are either not available or are locked)
        3) WHS2 or Vail, is going to be built off of Server 2008R2, that is built off of the Windows7 64Bit kernel…

        And What is a WHS PC? Windows Home Server Personal Computer? That doesn't make any since.

  • http://gcoupe.spaces.live.com Geoff Coupe

    Aah – OK guys, I realise my error. This is talking about the contents of shared folders – not the contents of client backups. Time for another black coffee…

    • CM75

      Yes, but you can do backups of your shared folders to a separate internal or external hard disk. So if you do regular backups, that's an alternative.

  • http://gcoupe.spaces.live.com Geoff Coupe

    Er, I must be missing something here. I thought that since WHS backups are datestamped, restoring a file from, say, a backup taken two months ago would give you the state/contents of the file as it was then – not as it currently is…

  • sce

    That utility looks well, will give it a try.

    If VSS worked on WHS, I don't think people would come up with this Add-in at all.