Windows 10: 0x80780034 and 0X8004230F -Windows 10 Creating a Backup Image Failing on Volume Shadow Copy...

I am trying to backup my Win 10 machine after having it crash 3 days ago. I want a clean install image backup so in future I will not have to reinstall and everything all the time.


So I am using the Windows & Backup tool and I am getting the Volume Shadow Copy Error that has happened in the past based on my research.


In the Application Event log I get The backup operation that started at '‎2020‎-‎12‎-‎20T14:14:12.740545900Z' has failed with following error code '0x80780034' Windows Backup failed to create the shadow copy on the storage location.. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.



I am using the latest Windows 10 install 20H2 build 10942


I have a 64 bit architecture and 16GB RAM system. A Samsung EVO 500GB SSD as my primary disk.

I am backing up to an external SSD drive connected via USB which is 1TB in size and has lots of space.

The backup image was estimated at about 58GB. It does crash near the end.


I have made sure that the 2 Volume copy services are running as per an article.

Microsoft Shadow Copy Provider and

Volume Shadow Copy services are started. However after the backup has failed I see they are both not running.


What can anyone suggest? I have tried 3 times without success.




OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home

Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name DESKTOP-POI1ECM

System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

System Model To be filled by O.E.M.

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.

Processor AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeontm HD Graphics, 3900 Mhz, 2 Cores, 4 Logical Processors

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F1, 24/03/2014

SMBIOS Version 2.7

Embedded Controller Version 255.255

BIOS Mode UEFI

BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

BaseBoard Product F2A58M-HD2

BaseBoard Version 3.1

Platform Role Desktop

Secure Boot State Off

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United Kingdom

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.488"

Username DESKTOP-POI1ECM\mount

Time Zone GMT Standard Time

Installed Physical Memory RAM 16.0 GB

Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB

Available Physical Memory 12.2 GB

Total Virtual Memory 18.8 GB

Available Virtual Memory 12.7 GB

Page File Space 2.88 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Kernel DMA Protection Off

Virtualisation-based security Not enabled

Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and the device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA-capable bus/devices detected, TPM is not usable

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualisation Enabled in Firmware Yes

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes


Kind Regards

Raymond Clements

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Image backup error -- Windows backup failed to create the shadow copy ... (0x80780034)

I'm following all the instructions to create a full system image backup on an external HDD. The backup seems to run fine until the end, but when it tries to create the shadow copy, I get -- Windows backup failed to create the shadow copy ... (0x80780034).
Additional info says the shadow copy provider had error (0x80042306). Seems like this errors are ongoing all over the web since 2012 or so, but I have been unable to find a solution. Several posts say that a special shadow partition is needed on the external
HDD, but I have no idea how to do that.

I just upgraded to Win10 from an XP machine where I had full image backups going for a long time using Acronis True Image 2009. I would prefer to use the internal Win10 backup if I can get it to work like it says in the "manual". Anyone have a good fix for
this. If a showdow partition is needed, can it be created in Win10?

Seems to be a lot of 3rd party providers hawking software to fix this problem, but I hope MS has a way.

All help appreciated ...... DrJim

 

Imaging Error "Shadow copy"

I'm using Macrium Reflect and when I try to create an image I get the following error:

Backup aborted! - Failed To Create Volume Snapshot Failed - 0x8004230f

After extensively researching I see that he error refers to Microsoft Shadow copy, and as such Macrium told me to ask for your help. I've gone online hours trying to apply multiple approaches but nothing helps.

Please advise urgently.

Here is the whole error:

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Initializing

Write Method: Using RIe System Cache

Destination Drive: BACKUP IMAGES (F:| - Free Space 486.26 GB

Free space threshold: Delete oldest backup sets when free space is less than 5.00 GB

Creating Volume Snapshot - Please Wait

Failed: Failed - 0x8004230f - Retrying without VSS Writers

ERROR: COM call "m_pVssObject->AddToSnapshotSet((LPWSTR)volume.c_strO. GUID.NULL. SSnapshotlD)" failed

- Returned HRESULT = 0x8004230f

- Errortext: VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR

ERROR: COM call "m_pVssObject->BackupComplete(&pAsync)" failed.

- Returned HRESULT = 0x80042301

- Errortext: VSS_E_BAD_STATE

ERROR: COM call "m_pVssObject->AddToSnapshotSet((LPWSTR)volume.c_strO. GUID.NULL. SSnapshotlD)" failed

- Returned HRESULT = 0x8004230f

- Errortext: VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR

Gathering Windows Events - Please Wait

Backup aborted! - Failed To Create Volume Snapshot Failed - 0x8004230*

 

Windows 10 Pro Create SYSTEM IMAGE fails: Backup failed as shadow copy on source volume got deleted.

This week System Image Backup fails -- it worked last week. Something changed. A system update?

Here's the message:

Backup failed as shadow copy on source volume got deleted. This might caused by high write

activity on the volume. Please retry the backup. If the issue persists consider increasing shadow

copy storage using 'VSSADMIN Resize ShadowStorage' command. (0x80780169)

I'm not competent to understand the above, nor to do what it suggests.

I'm running without a system backup. Somebody please help!