Windows 10: Unable to create System Image Backup > 0x80780119. Now OS won't Boot.

Hello,

Windows 10 Pro installed on an SSD running on a Dell Inspiron.

I wanted to create a System Image Backup. I attached a 1TB drive to contain the backup but kept getting the 0x80780119 error pop up telling me: "The Backup Failed, There is not enough space to create the volume."

I reformatted the 1TB backup drive and tried again.
I made sure the "Volume Shadow Copy " service was running.
I tried this link to turn ON System Protection for Drive C: (The drive containing the Win 10 OS, it was turned off)
I tried this link to Extend System Reserved Partition.

My System Reserved Partition is the first partition on the disk and is only 50MB in size. Actually I used EaseUs Partition Master to move the C: drive (containing the OS) to the right and thus free up 950MB more space that I was then going to allocate to the System Reserved Partition. EaseUS appeared to repartition the drive ok. And I booted back into Win 10 and all was well. Then I used the Disk Management tool to "Extend Volume" on the System Reserved Partition. After this the screen froze and when I tried rebooting it won't boot anymore.

I then used a Win 10 bootable ISO I had and tried to "Repair" and that ran for a few minutes but then it said it "Could not Repair" it. The I googled a bit and tried these commands from the command prompt:

bootrec.exe /FixMBR
bootrec.exe /FixBoot <-- This would not run, I got permission denied?
bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

Then I rebooted and still it would not boot however I actually have two hard disks in my laptop and was able to boot in to the other drive which also has Win 10 on it... I had recently cloned that (optical) drive on to the SSD drive.

THEN... I tried running the System Image Backup tool again and found it DID run? But it was running on the few days older Win 10 installation on the Optical drive that also has a System Reserved Partition of 50MB.

My questions:
1. Is there a way to get the SSD drive booting Win 10 again or will I have to clone the Win 10 Optical drive installation back over to it again?
2. Why was System Image backup not working for me on the Win10 installation on the SSD (when its System Reserved Partition was 50MB)?
3. Why did the System Image backup work for me on the Win10 installation on the optical drive (when its System Reserved Partition is also 50MB)?

Thank you,

Flex

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Hi,

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to assist you with the query.

I understand the inconvenience caused, now that you have me with you let me take care of this.

The system image is exactly like the mirrored copy of the Operating System which contains the configuration of the Operating System. When you create backup system image your windows 10 comes back to the same position at when the image was created earlier.

As an initial step, I suggest you to make sure that the services required for backup to run successfully is enabled. Refer to these steps:

• 
  Press Windows + R
  keys, type services.msc and press Enter.
  
• 
  In the services window, locate the services
  File history service and the Volume shadow copy service and check if they are running.
  
• 
  If they are not running, right-click and select
  Start to manually start the service.
  
• 
  Check if you are able to create a backup now.
  

Step 1: I suggest you to follow the steps from the below article created by

Andre Da Costa and check if it helps.

How to: Create a system image in Windows 10

How to: Create a system image in Windows 10

Step 2: If the issue still persists, I suggest you to boot the computer in a clean boot state and then check.

Booting the computer in a clean boot state can reduce software conflicts and help identify the root cause of the issue. You can refer to this article for more information:

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

Note: After troubleshooting, reset the computer to start as usual. Refer to the step
How to set the computer to start as usual after clean boot troubleshooting under more information.

Hope it helps.

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