Windows 10: How to delete Volume Shadow Copies in Windows 10

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Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered.

Hi,

Thank you for getting back with a reply.

I suggest you to start the Volume shadow copy service and check. Follow these steps:

a. Click Start and type services.msc in the search box.

b. Search for the Volume shadow copy service and make sure the start- up type is automatic.

i. Right click on the service

ii. If the service is stopped, then Start the service

iii. Select Properties

iv. And in the Start-up type select Automatic.

c. Click Ok.

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Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered.

I am getting a bunch of errors in the application log related to the Volume Copy Service. I first noticed it when I tried to create a recovery drive and the error simply said that "A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive"

I examined the application log and noticed that this error occurs periodically, not only when I try to create the drive. I included the four errors below.

What do I need to do to fix this?

I am using a Surface pro 4, windows 10 with up to the minute patches. I also have installed carbonite but I doubt this is the cause as I did not encounter this problem on previous PCs

Thanks in advance for any assistance

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered. This might happened if an error occurred during Windows setup or during installation of a Shadow Copy provider. The error returned from CoCreateInstance
on class with CLSID {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8} and Name SW_PROV is [0x80040154, Class not registered

].

Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

List interfaces for all providers supporting this context

Check If Volume Is Supported by Provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set
Context:

Provider ID: {74600e39-7dc5-4567-a03b-f091d6c7b092}

Class ID: {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8}

Snapshot Context: 4194304

Snapshot Context: 4194304

Execution Context: Coordinator

Provider ID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

Volume Name: \\?\Volume{acda900a-c1f6-4b66-831d-a54d0f93e6db}\

Execution Context: Coordinator

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8} [0x80040154, Class not registered

].
Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

List interfaces for all providers supporting this context

Check If Volume Is Supported by Provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set

Context:

Provider ID: {74600e39-7dc5-4567-a03b-f091d6c7b092}

Class ID: {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8}

Snapshot Context: 4194304

Snapshot Context: 4194304

Execution Context: Coordinator

Provider ID: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

Volume Name: \\?\Volume{acda900a-c1f6-4b66-831d-a54d0f93e6db}\

Execution Context: Coordinator

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered. This might happened if an error occurred during Windows setup or during installation of a Shadow Copy provider. The error returned from
CoCreateInstance on class with CLSID {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8} and Name SW_PROV is [0x80040154, Class not registered

].
Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set

Context:

Provider ID: {74600e39-7dc5-4567-a03b-f091d6c7b092}

Class ID: {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8}

Snapshot Context: 4194304

Execution Context: Coordinator

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8} [0x80040154, Class not registered

].
Operation:

Obtain a callable interface for this provider

Add a Volume to a Shadow Copy Set
Context:

Provider ID: {74600e39-7dc5-4567-a03b-f091d6c7b092}

Class ID: {3e02620c-e180-44f3-b154-2473646e4cb8}

Snapshot Context: 4194304

Execution Context: Coordinator

 

Shadow copies are deleted automatically

Hi all,

I am using Windows 2008 R2 for file server function, and already configured shadow copy.

Issues: When size of shadow copy reach to maximum size (100GB in my case), all my previous shadow copies are deleted.

My understanding is it will delete oldest shadow copy first, until enough space to create new shadow copy.

Can anyone explain to me why all my shadow copies are deleted? (about 10 days)

Thank you,