There's quite a bit in the existing thread "QuestionBackup Failed - "The computer failed to take a snapshot of the volume for backup", but I think I've got a new spin on it.
Got a little laptop with a pared-down XP on it.
WHS, of course, wants ShadowCopy.
So I tried an end run:
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Copied vssvc.exe from C:\Windows\System32 to 901’s System32 (ShadowCopy)
Created a service for ShadowCopy via C:\> sc create “VSS” binpath= “c:\windows.0\System32\vssvc.exe” displayname= “Volume Shadow Copy” (NB: The spaces after “=” signs are required.
Copied swprv.dll from Giga into System32
C:\> sc create “SwPrv” binpath= “c:\windows.0\System32\SWPRV.dll”
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Now I've got a ShadowCopy service running on the problem PC, and WHS no longer throws an identifiable error message (it was throwing a couple of them before).
But it seems tb still having issues because now it's throwing the infamous-but-nonspecific "The computer failed to take a snapshot of the volume for backup".
I tried the chkDisk /r /f route.
Question: has anybody been through the exercise of retrofitting ShadowCopy?
My money's on one or more missing .DLLs... or maybe another service needed.
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