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If you don't, then you cannot create a system repair CD on the computer while the partition is too small either! You will have to create it on a different computer or download one from the web. Create a system repair CD if you don't have one. If you do not have the drive space then you must resize your partitions to resolve the issue. Use the Table in the top of the Disk Management Tool to review these, or right click on each partition and select properties to see all the information on the drive status. The target drive should have the free space of greater than the Used Space of the Source drive and System Reserve drive free to conduct the backup. Ensure the System Reserve partition before the presumed C: drive, has 50% or at least 50MB is available (In your image: the 83MB OEM partition should be 115MB at this time). Check to ensure the Source Drive (presumably C:) has at least 2GB free for temp files. Start the Computer Management Console and select Disk Management. Start by checking the disk space to ensure you have sufficient space. Boot directly to the current OS to perform the backup. If it cannot access the source boot manager (3rd party, or dual boot) then the backup fails. When the backup runs it traces back through the boot process to back it up.

The OS was booted from a 3rd party or OS boot manager that is not accessible to the current running OS.

Disable swap on this drive to use for backups.

The Target drive may NO longer have an active Windows swap file.

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The System Reserved partition is full (boot/sys partition, requires 50MB to be free to create a new backup).

The Source drive being backed up (unable to write temp file error).

Error in System Restore Points is preventing completion.

Malware or Virus is active and blocking the system access required.

Malware or Virus protection is blocking the backup.

Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) service is disabled.

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Software Protection Service (SPP) service is disabled.

It looks to me like your problem is specifically the System Reserve partition which is the most common and least noticed cause of this issue and was found to be a problem after the updates released 2 months ago. Sorry this addresses several of the steps you have already taken, you can ignore the solutions you have already tried. I am writing this for ANYONE who comes here with this problem. It is given when any condition prevents starting the writing or reading of the source drive or target drive. I have found all of the following (or combination) can cause this issue with the same error message. Just dealt with this for the last 12 hours on a machine.

Check the Application event log for more information. More info: A Volume Shadow Copy Service component encountered an unexpected error. This is the log from SPP: Writer ASR Writer experienced some error during snapshot creation. 'vssadmin list shadows' shows this 1 copy from my first backup attempt yesterday: vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line toolĬontents of shadow copy set ID: Optimization Writer' and 'VSS Metadata Store Writer'. 'vssadmin list writers' does not show errors for 'Shadow Copy.I have 2+ TB free on the destination drive.I have 300 GB to backup on the C drive.I turned off anti virus and Windows Fire Wall.I have 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider', VSS and SPP services running and set to manual.I have a Recovery partition with 8.5 GB free space and it is marked active.

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I am trying to backup a new Win10 install from an in place Win7 upgrade and getting error 'Windows Backup Error 0x81000019, A shadow copy could not be created'.

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