Well I'm not sure what that means. Is Volume Shadow Copy service set to either manual or automatic in services configuration?
Start> Run
type services.msc
Press Enter
Scroll down to the service and check.
Did you also run the full disk check yet?
What are you using for backup? Is the destination drive NTFS formatted?
Check that you have enough space on the destination drive. Maybe post a screenshot as per this tutorial:
Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image
That service is set to Manual. Should it be automatic? And yes my drive is NTFS and has plenty of free space for it as you can see here.
I just used the default windows backup. And no I haven't run the disk check yet. Should I first?
Last edited by JohnnyIce; 24 Oct 2015 at 18:08. Reason: More info
That looks okay to me and manual is fine for that service.
Well the best idea is to scheduled a disk check when you have finished using your computer and don't need it for a few hours. Just set the disk check to run and reboot.
If any other forum members have an idea why this might happen (image below) please post.
I wonder if you'd get the same issue using another backup method like Macrium Reflect or Aomei One Click Recovery. Maybe someone will jump in with a suggestion on the VSS issue.
I guess we could move onto troubleshooting shell extensions in more detail if there are no suggestions.
Last edited by Callender; 24 Oct 2015 at 22:01. Reason: add info
Should I try running one of those other backup methods you just said? To see if that works any better than the Windows one?
You can try another method and see if you get the same problem. Take a look at this:
Alternative to Lenovo one key recovery: AOMEI OneKey Recovery - Help
So I'm not quite sure I understand this right. Does this say I have to create a partition to do this?
Sorry for the delay in answering. If you just stick with the "recommended" options when running for the first time it should create it's own partition to save the backup.
I have to confess that I personally use Macrium Reflect but Aomei looks like an easier solution.
[Edit] Here is a video to watch. although the video is for Windows 8 - it is the same on Windows 7
or try:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gukKC7SsA8I
Last edited by Callender; 26 Oct 2015 at 17:00. Reason: video tag correction
Well I haven't gotten around to doing the backup yet. Yesterday was a bit hectic for me and now I have class today. But something interesting I noticed. So before explorer crashes the icons in my taskbar like the volume icon and the ethernet icon disappear and once that happens explorer doesn't crash until I either try to access the start menu or I hover my mouse over the invisible taskbar icons and then it crashes. Just thought that was interesting. Oh also I don't see a video on your post?
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