Windows 7 64 bit fails during backup with "A shadow copy could not be created. Please check "VSS" and "SPP" error 0x81000019
I continue to get and error and am unable to run a successful backup on a Windows 7 64 bit machine. I have been successfully running a back using the same settings for years. All of a sudden I started getting the follow messages and errors:
I have read over all the forum suggestions and believe I have tried them all including increasing the size of my VSS allocated space. I have cleaned out all unnecessary files on all drives
Here is the error message after the failed backup attempt:
"A shadow copy could not be created. Please check "VSS" and "SPP" application event log for more information.
Details: The writer experienced a transient error."
Application log error messages (this is the message I get most of the time):
Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Backup
Date: 10/7/2012 6:51:24 PM
Event ID: 4100
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
“Backup did not complete successfully because a shadow copy could not be created. Free up disk space on the drive that you are backing up by deleting unnecessary files and then try again.”
I have made sure VSS and SPP are running during the backup
Current VSS allocated space on C:
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.611 GB (1%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 1.897 GB (1%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: 6 GB (6%)
There are other logs that seem to indicate a problem with rights creating files:
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 10/7/2012 6:27:34 PM
Event ID: 12289
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
“Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error CreateFileW(\\?\Volume{3391f838-a0e4-11df-89e8-20cf301b8cd0},0x80000000,0x00000003,...). hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.”
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 10/7/2012 6:25:57 PM
Event ID: 13
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
“Volume Shadow Copy Service information: The COM Server with CLSID {e579ab5f-1cc4-44b4-bed9-de0991ff0623} and name Coordinator cannot be started. [0x80070005, Access is denied.”
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 10/7/2012 5:28:36 PM
Event ID: 8224
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
“The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout. “
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Windows 7 64 bit fails during backup with "A shadow copy could not be created. Please check "VSS" and "SPP" error 0x81000019
