> Obviously some copy-on-write mechanism must be in effect to make
> this work.
>
> If this is implemented correctly, I'd agree that the copy should
> be as fine (or as corrupted) as in the case of power failure. And
> the original file should be unharmed.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Jacobi
>

I think you are also talking about the db engine shadow mechanism - not the
Win2003 Disk Shadow Setup for shared volumes to which I was first referring
in answer to a question about Win2003 suitability.
Am I right?
Alan