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Volume Shadow Copy Error (0x80042308)

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Hi,
I've been unable to backup my hardrive for about a week now, I'm running Windows Vista, and I've been trying trying recommendations off of Google for quite a while, to no avail.
When I try to backup files, I get the following error message: The backup did not complete successfully. A shadow copy could not be created for the following reason: The specified object was not found. (0x80042308)
Please don't re-direct me to other pages because I guarantee I have tried it....but you can prove me wrong if you're really sure about the problem. Thanks for the help,
Alex
Here are the details from event viewer:
Volume Shadow Copy Error: An error 0x80042308 was encountered while trying to initialize the Registry Writer. This may cause future shadow-copy creations to fail.
Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Backup
Date: 30/09/2009 5:54:22 PM
Event ID: 4100
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Alex-PC
Description:
File backup failed because a shadow copy could not be created. The system might be low on resources. The error is: (0x80042308).
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Backup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">4100</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-09-30T21:54:22.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>43569</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Alex-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>(0x80042308)</Data>
<Binary>08230480C0040000F10600000D070000420ED1665C2BEE174B64529CB14610EA71000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 30/09/2009 5:53:08 PM
Event ID: 8193
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Alex-PC
Description:
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IEventSystem::Store. hr = 0x80070005.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="VSS" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">8193</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-09-30T21:53:08.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>43565</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Alex-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>IEventSystem::Store</Data>
<Data>0x80070005</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Binary>2D20436F64653A20455654455654434330303030303136372D2043616C6C3A20455654455654434330303030303130312D205049443A202030303030333933362D205449443A202030303030343538382D20434D443A2020726567737672333220202F69206576656E74636C732E646C6C202020202020202D20557365723A20416C65782D50435C416C6578202020202D205369643A2020532D312D352D32312D313134333132303037372D3830353836373532312D313139303230323432302D31303030202020</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:16 PM
Answers
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Your first step should be to run chkdsk /r on all the drives in that computer. Shadow copy errors are often caused by disk problems (usually minor) which chkdsk will find and correct.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)- Marked as answer by alex--k Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:42 AM
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:48 PMModerator -
Please checkout this link. It describes a number of possible causes and fixes for this error. I expect either solution 3 or 5 will fix your problem. If you also have other backup software installed on the machine this may also cause the problem (solution 1 in the link). Best start with 5, then 3, then 1.
Also please checkout this thread- Marked as answer by alex--k Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:42 AM
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:53 PMModerator
All replies
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Your first step should be to run chkdsk /r on all the drives in that computer. Shadow copy errors are often caused by disk problems (usually minor) which chkdsk will find and correct.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)- Marked as answer by alex--k Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:42 AM
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:48 PMModerator -
Thanks,
I'm trying that now.Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:52 PM -
Please checkout this link. It describes a number of possible causes and fixes for this error. I expect either solution 3 or 5 will fix your problem. If you also have other backup software installed on the machine this may also cause the problem (solution 1 in the link). Best start with 5, then 3, then 1.
Also please checkout this thread- Marked as answer by alex--k Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:42 AM
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:53 PMModerator -
BINGO!
Thanks, that took forever, but it worked!
I'll be coming back here if I ever get another problem :)- Proposed as answer by NitroGlizz Monday, November 21, 2011 9:00 AM
Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:42 AM -
Yeah, solution 3 was the same as what that other guy said, and worked just the same.
Thanks.Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:43 AM -
I have been trying these steps for a bit now but get an error when i try to re install the vss dll at this step - "regsvr32 /i swprv.dll"
I am unsure what to do now? are there any other ways to fix this problem?- Proposed as answer by kishan kishan Friday, December 11, 2009 2:09 AM
- Unproposed as answer by brubberModerator Friday, December 11, 2009 6:02 AM
Sunday, December 6, 2009 10:00 PM -
If some of the required files are missing or corrupt you can COPY them from C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache (To C:\Windows\system32 folder).
You can also try to run sfc /scannow from a command prompt (you may need original installation media)Friday, December 11, 2009 6:02 AMModerator