3 years, 3 months ago
I am having trouble getting Windows Home Server to backup my laptop. I keep getting failures with shadow copy.
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The first thing I would suggest is looking in the event viewer logs for additional information. Open the Control Panel and go to Administrative Tools and then Event Viewer. Click on Application to view the Application Event Viewer log.
You should look for any errors from VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) that correspond with the time period you are attempting to backup and receive errors. You can then search on that error in Microsoft's Knowledge Base.
I would also recommend opening a DOS command window (go to Start>Run and type cmd). Then run:
vssadmin list writers
This will show all the VSS writers on the system as well as their current state.
You should look for any errors from VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) that correspond with the time period you are attempting to backup and receive errors. You can then search on that error in Microsoft's Knowledge Base.
I would also recommend opening a DOS command window (go to Start>Run and type cmd). Then run:
vssadmin list writers
This will show all the VSS writers on the system as well as their current state.
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