Bakup failed: failure in a volume shadow copy service operation

Attempting to make a complete system backup using Backup and Restore Center
in Windows Visa Ultimate (which I have done successfully before on a terabye
external hard drive) just failed, on the same drive, immediately. Here's the
error:

The backup failed. Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation.
(0x807800A1). Additional information: The writer experienced a
non-transient error. If the backup process is retired, the error is likely
to reoccur. (0x800423F4)

It was correct; it failed on retry. Help!
--
David Kirk

David Kirk;845536 Wrote:
> Attempting to make a complete system backup using Backup and Restor
> Cente
> in Windows Visa Ultimate (which I have done successfully before on
> teraby
> external hard drive) just failed, on the same drive, immediately.
> Here's th
> error
>
> The backup failed. Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation
> (0x807800A1). Additional information: The writer experienced
> non-transient error. If the backup process is retired, the error i
> likel
> to reoccur. (0x800423F4
>
> It was correct; it failed on retry. Help
> -
> David Kir
hello David

May find some help on 'this
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826936)Knowledge base Articl

--
barman5

Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do no
understand.,- frank herbert

OMG! I'd have to work for Microsoft to understans all of this. In any
event, it appears that the hotfix offered does not apply to Vista. Any other
thoughts about which part of this might be helpful?
--
David Kirk


"barman58" wrote:

>
> David Kirk;845536 Wrote:
> > Attempting to make a complete system backup using Backup and Restore
> > Center
> > in Windows Visa Ultimate (which I have done successfully before on a
> > terabye
> > external hard drive) just failed, on the same drive, immediately.
> > Here's the
> > error:
> >
> > The backup failed. Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation.
> > (0x807800A1). Additional information: The writer experienced a
> > non-transient error. If the backup process is retired, the error is
> > likely
> > to reoccur. (0x800423F4)
> >
> > It was correct; it failed on retry. Help!
> > --
> > David Kirk
> hello David,
>
> May find some help on 'this '
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826936)Knowledge base Article
>
>
> --
> barman58
>
> Regards,
> *Nigel*
> the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
> understand.,- frank herbert
>

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:45:01 -0500, barman58 <>
wrote:

>
>David Kirk;845536 Wrote:
>> Attempting to make a complete system backup using Backup and Restore
>> Center
>> in Windows Visa Ultimate (which I have done successfully before on a
>> terabye
>> external hard drive) just failed, on the same drive, immediately.
>> Here's the
>> error:
>>
>> The backup failed. Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation.
>> (0x807800A1). Additional information: The writer experienced a
>> non-transient error. If the backup process is retired, the error is
>> likely
>> to reoccur. (0x800423F4)
>>
>> It was correct; it failed on retry. Help!
>> --
>> David Kirk
>hello David,

THANK YOU FOR QUOTING!!!! Can you teach SIW2 how to do it or can't
he/she chew gum and walk at the same time!?

>May find some help on 'this '
>(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826936)Knowledge base Article

??? Come on, give a newbie a break. I'm afraid I don't get the insider joke
.... just need some help!
--
David Kirk


"Paul Montgomery" wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:45:01 -0500, barman58 <>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >David Kirk;845536 Wrote:
> >> Attempting to make a complete system backup using Backup and Restore
> >> Center
> >> in Windows Visa Ultimate (which I have done successfully before on a
> >> terabye
> >> external hard drive) just failed, on the same drive, immediately.
> >> Here's the
> >> error:
> >>
> >> The backup failed. Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation.
> >> (0x807800A1). Additional information: The writer experienced a
> >> non-transient error. If the backup process is retired, the error is
> >> likely
> >> to reoccur. (0x800423F4)
> >>
> >> It was correct; it failed on retry. Help!
> >> --
> >> David Kirk
> >hello David,
>
> THANK YOU FOR QUOTING!!!! Can you teach SIW2 how to do it or can't
> he/she chew gum and walk at the same time!?
>
> >May find some help on 'this '
> >(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826936)Knowledge base Article
>

"David Kirk" <> wrote in message
news:FF33BEFA-B4C6-4B0A-8B0B-...
> ??? Come on, give a newbie a break. I'm afraid I don't get the insider
> joke
> ... just need some help!
> --
> David Kirk
>
>

Paul Montgomery Is Tightly Wound Up. He Is A Total Asshole When His Wife
Makes Him Sleep On The Couch. Just FYI. He Really Is Irritating. Ignore
Him. Just FYI



> "Paul Montgomery" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:45:01 -0500, barman58 <>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >David Kirk;845536 Wrote:
>> >> Attempting to make a complete system backup using Backup and Restore
>> >> Center
>> >> in Windows Visa Ultimate (which I have done successfully before on a
>> >> terabye
>> >> external hard drive) just failed, on the same drive, immediately.
>> >> Here's the
>> >> error:
>> >>
>> >> The backup failed. Failure in a Volume Shadow Copy Service operation.
>> >> (0x807800A1). Additional information: The writer experienced a
>> >> non-transient error. If the backup process is retired, the error is
>> >> likely
>> >> to reoccur. (0x800423F4)
>> >>
>> >> It was correct; it failed on retry. Help!
>> >> --
>> >> David Kirk
>> >hello David,
>>
>> THANK YOU FOR QUOTING!!!! Can you teach SIW2 how to do it or can't
>> he/she chew gum and walk at the same time!?
>>
>> >May find some help on 'this '
>> >(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826936)Knowledge base Article
>>

On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:20:01 -0700, David Kirk
<> wrote:

>??? Come on, give a newbie a break. I'm afraid I don't get the insider joke
>... just need some help!

And you can't figure out if a post is aimed a you or someone else.

It wasn't aimied at you. Look at the post again and you'll figure out
why - I think.

Firstly,

David, the 'link ' (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826936)that I
posted was the only reference I could find to your error message and
shadow copy hopefully there will be something there that will lead you
to a solution.

> >
> > THANK YOU FOR QUOTING!!!! Can you teach SIW2 how to do it or can't
> > he/she chew gum and walk at the same time!?
> >

Paul,

I think we're victims of the different etiquettes used for posting on
the newsgroups and the Forums, I'm an ex newsgroup poster, from way
back, now using the Vista Forums exclusively for posting, and so I will,
when I remember , quote when replying to a post from a newsgroup. As
the norm in Forum Posts is to not quote because the forum does this
automatically, people replying from the forums will not quote.

Unless the link between the forum and the Microsoft communities can be
made to automatically format replies correctly we will have to put up
with the differences.

Hope this explains a little and I can assure you that SIW2 can talk and
chew gum and probably juggle at the same time, it's just He/She Is used
to and complying to a different etiquette to the usegroup one.


--
barman58

Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:14:37 -0500, barman58 <>
wrote:

>I think we're victims of the different etiquettes used for posting on
>the newsgroups and the Forums, I'm an ex newsgroup poster, from way
>back, now using the Vista Forums exclusively for posting, and so I will,
>when I remember , quote when replying to a post from a newsgroup. As
>the norm in Forum Posts is to not quote because the forum does this
>automatically, people replying from the forums will not quote.

Every post to a Vista group on that forum goes out to usenet. MOST of
the posts you are replying to on that forum COME from Usenet.

Quoting on the Vista groups is necessary.

Well I guess I missed the boat on that one. Sorry to spark a culture war.
Now ... back to the beginning ... for me ... does anyone have any ideas how
to solve my problem (the one regarding ths shadow copy issue, not my lack of
forum/newsgroup expertise)? Should I be asking the question in another
newsgroup?
--
David Kirk


"Paul Montgomery" wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:20:01 -0700, David Kirk
> <> wrote:
>
> >??? Come on, give a newbie a break. I'm afraid I don't get the insider joke
> >... just need some help!
>
> And you can't figure out if a post is aimed a you or someone else.
>
> It wasn't aimied at you. Look at the post again and you'll figure out
> why - I think.
>