Windows NO LONGER backing up

Kaktussoft said:

How to troubleshoot Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service errors (VSS errors)

ok did this:

We also provide a program which will recreate the correct registry setting and re-register all VSS components. Please download one of the below programs to fix your problem:

VSSfix 64bit - download


will now test backup again...

egonvdv said:

ah here it is;

A disk check has been scheduled.
Windows will now check the disk.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
392704 file records processed. File verification completed.
2453 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 0 EA records processed. 60 reparse records processed. CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
514890 index entries processed. Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned. 0 unindexed files recovered. CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
392704 file SDs/SIDs processed. Cleaning up 14 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 14 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 14 unused security descriptors.
Security descriptor verification completed.
61094 data files processed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
36447864 USN bytes processed. Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
1939580927 KB total disk space.
319903564 KB in 238729 files.
150472 KB in 61095 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
554995 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
1618971896 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
484895231 total allocation units on disk.
404742974 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
00 fe 05 00 3c 93 04 00 5b 43 08 00 00 00 00 00 ....<...[C......
a5 37 00 00 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .7..<...........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
Windows has finished checking your disk.
Please wait while your computer restarts.

392704 file SDs/SIDs processed. Cleaning up 14 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 14 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 14 unused security descriptors.

Those are disk logical errors in file structure. Run it again and check if no new errors appear. They are old errors caused by some cold shutdown or so a long time ago.

Where did you find the results btw?

Do a chkdsk/f/r c: as well. It does the same three steps, which souldn't give you any errors. After that step 4 starts and gives you only 1 or 2 lines of output (checking readbility of used blocks). After that step 5 starts and gives you only 1 or 2 lines of output (checking readbility of used blocks).

You can see the total blocks to process and the current block count. So you can compute how long it takes to complete. It takes veeeeeeeeeeerrry long to complete. Step 4 and 5 shouldn't give any errors! Compute the time to complete and be sure you see the completion

egonvdv said:

Kaktussoft said:

Already done?
chkdsk/f c:
Internal is a seagate disk or western digital?

As C is busy i have to run it when i restart the system.
that worked, however where to i find the results afterwards....?

disc = no brand...? (see pic)

ST32000641AS starts with ST so SEAGATE

Kaktussoft said:

egonvdv said:

Kaktussoft said:

Already done?
chkdsk/f c:
Internal is a seagate disk or western digital?

As C is busy i have to run it when i restart the system.
that worked, however where to i find the results afterwards....?

disc = no brand...? (see pic)

ST32000641AS starts with ST so SEAGATE

SeaTools | Seagate
click on "Downloads" . The DOS veriosn is better (it is a bootable CD so bypasses all win7 drivers). But you can use win7 version as well as a first test.

http://www.seagate.com/files/staticf...dows.en-US.pdf

Do all tests. Not the advanced tests. Don't erase disk for example or format.
Takes a very long time to complete. But this proves... drive is fine.

Post results

egonvdv said:

you can use Windows 7 version as well as a first test.
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All tests passed ok. (it would show a message if something's was wrong, right?)

I can see this heading towards a complete re-install... which i really wanted to avoid :-(

So disk is fine. Only problem now... is win7 backup the problem or VSS(?) win7 backup errors appear earlier in event log... strange. But maybe win7 backup timesout faster then vss itself(?)

Install macrium reflect free and try if it backups fine. It also uses VSS for backing up live system disks. Give it try. It's even better then system image win7 backup!

For now disk is fine. VSS has been reregistered... can't do more.

Post results.

Don't do a reinstall!! I have more options

egonvdv said:

Hi,

1st of all i like to say that i really appreciate your help & (very!) quick replies.

However we've now already spend so much time on it, and aren't even close to a solution.

So although it's gonna be a shit job to do, i think it's better to just re-install, as this will probably take
less time in the end...

Once again i do appreciate your help very much, but i think i'm jsut gonna "cut my losses" now.

Bedankt & tot ziens

Egon

Why not try this first?
Repair Install