Windows Create System Image wont start - not enough space


  1. Posts : 181
    64 bit Win 7 Ultimate
       #1

    Windows Create System Image wont start - not enough space


    HI All
    Confused (again)

    I'm trying to make an image of my C drive.
    The volume is 175GB with 31.5 GB free

    Windows image wants to include a G drive of 100MB with 65.5 MB free

    The USB backup drive has 1TB+ free

    I get a message saying
    'Not enough space to create the volume shadow copy' plus a whole lot of words which seem to say
    Minimum free space requirement
    Vol < 500MB need at least 50Mb. I have 65MB on G drive
    Vol > 500MB need at least 320MB
    Vol > 1GB recommend > 1GB free space I have 31GB on C drive

    My spare space is way bigger than these minimums. So how do I fix this?
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  2. Posts : 3,783
    win 8 32 bit
       #2

    What are you using for the image windows version has always been a problem use a free clone software to do an image. Windows creates a copy of files in use in order to take a snapshot and it doesn't have enough space on the source drive to do that
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  3. Posts : 6,021
    Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit Vista HB SP2 32-bit Linux Mint 18.3
       #3

    Hi Rincewindwiz,

    Rincewindwiz said:
    I'm trying to make an image of my C drive.
    The volume is 175GB with 31.5 GB free

    Windows image wants to include a G drive of 100MB with 65.5 MB free

    The USB backup drive has 1TB+ free

    I get a message saying
    'Not enough space to create the volume shadow copy' plus a whole lot of words which seem to say
    Minimum free space requirement
    Vol < 500MB need at least 50Mb. I have 65MB on G drive
    Vol > 500MB need at least 320MB
    Vol > 1GB recommend > 1GB free space I have 31GB on C drive

    My spare space is way bigger than these minimums. So how do I fix this?
    There are two imaging programs which are very popular among members here, the first is AOMEI Backupper Standard [FREE], and the second is Macrium Reflect [FREE]. Have you tried either of those?

    I hope this helps!
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  4. Posts : 1,384
    Win 7 Ult 64-bit
       #4

    The G drive is the so-called "restore" partition from the manufacturer. Just ignore it, and don't bother including it in your image. And I highly recommend Macrium Reflect.
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  5. Posts : 181
    64 bit Win 7 Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Problem arose because there was insufficient space on a drive not being imaged!
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  6. Posts : 26
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #6

    Rincewindwiz said:
    HI All
    Confused (again)

    I'm trying to make an image of my C drive.
    The volume is 175GB with 31.5 GB free

    Windows image wants to include a G drive of 100MB with 65.5 MB free

    The USB backup drive has 1TB+ free

    I get a message saying
    'Not enough space to create the volume shadow copy' plus a whole lot of words which seem to say
    Minimum free space requirement
    Vol < 500MB need at least 50Mb. I have 65MB on G drive
    Vol > 500MB need at least 320MB
    Vol > 1GB recommend > 1GB free space I have 31GB on C drive

    My spare space is way bigger than these minimums. So how do I fix this?

    Rincewindwiz:
    I think the link below will explain and solve your problem.

    "Create A System Image” (from Start>All Programs>Maintenance>Backup and Restore), The Backup Fails, with the error “There is not enough space to create the volume showdown copy on the storage location….(0x807801119).

    It turns out a lot of people have this problem. After a lot of research I found an EXCELLENT article explaining the two most common reasons for the error message and a Tutorial to fix either one of them. Its easy too.

    The Link is: Fix the 0x80780119 error when creating a System Image in Windows 7 and 8 - TechRepublic.
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  7. Posts : 6,021
    Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit Vista HB SP2 32-bit Linux Mint 18.3
       #7

    Hi GuitarRock,

    GuitarRock said:
    I think the link below will explain and solve your problem.

    "Create A System Image” (from Start>All Programs>Maintenance>Backup and Restore), The Backup Fails, with the error “There is not enough space to create the volume showdown copy on the storage location….(0x807801119).

    It turns out a lot of people have this problem. After a lot of research I found an EXCELLENT article explaining the two most common reasons for the error message and a Tutorial to fix either one of them. Its easy too.

    The Link is: Fix the 0x80780119 error when creating a System Image in Windows 7 and 8 - TechRepublic.
    Good article.
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