Solved Windows Create System Image wont start - not enough space

[Rincewindwiz]

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?

 

[samuria]

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

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Rincewindwiz,

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!

 

[RoWin7]

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.

 

[Rincewindwiz]

Problem arose because there was insufficient space on a drive not being imaged!

 

[GuitarRock]

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.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi GuitarRock,

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.