Shadow Copy Creation Failure (0x81000101) VSS running


  1. I Am Nobody
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    Shadow Copy Creation Failure (0x81000101) VSS running


    About two weeks ago an internal program from HP warned me about an imminent HDD failure and advised me to make a backup. From that point on the system has been running slower than normally.

    Today i got an external HDD and tried to create a system backup image, and subsequently a normal backup. Both operations failed with the Error message:
    "The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. Try this operation again. (0x81000101)"

    I checked other solutions and have determined that most of the solutions don't apply since the Volume Shadow Service is up and running. I have no previous restoration points that could be corrupt, and the volume i am trying to do the back up on is compatible with VSS.

    Currently i am completely at a loss about what could cause the program to fail at the same point in the process all the time.
    I am hesitant to assume that it is a simple I/O error, because the HDD does not seem to have failed yet, since i can perform all tasks (albeit slowly) and access any file.
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  3. whs
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    I would try an imageing program like free Macrium.

    Imaging with free Macrium
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  4. mjf
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    You could also try running diagnostics on the HP internal HDD. You can use Windows checkdisk or the HDD manufacturers diagnostics (you'll need to find the HDD HP are using).
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  6. andrew129260
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    You also drag and drop your user folder from C\users onto the external, thus backing up all your files.
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