sys image fails

[Fat John]

Will do. Thanks again.

 

[Brds7t7]

How to Fix System Image Backup (Cannot Create Backup).​

When trying to make a system image of Windows 7, I was getting the same error. I found my 100 MB System Reserved partition had grown a large USN journal.


Firstly, assign System Reserved a drive letter (I will use B as an example)


Open an Elevated Command Prompt.
Type:

Fsutil usn queryjournal B:

Then I ran this command to clear and disable the USN journal on my System Reserved partition:

fsutil usn deletejournal /N /D B:


Defragment System Reserved using Windows Defragmenter (not a 3rd party Defragmenter).

This freed 48 MB. The USN journal on my System Reserved partition remained disabled after a reboot, which I verified by re-running the query. Subsequently, I was able to make a system image without error.

Remember to remove the Drive Letter for System Reserved after you have finished.

Hope this helps everyone?

 

[mjf]

If the problem is a journal file issue a bit more information is provided here
Error When Creating System Image in Windows 7 - The Remote Help Expert's Blog
and
Windows 7 backup error 0x81000019 - a knol by Yohann Sulaiman