rwolds9

"Michal Kawecki" wrote:

> "rwolds9" <rwolds9@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C38B2731-4A82-4AB8-86DF-6DA5F8F79D70@microsoft.com...
> >
> > "Michal Kawecki" wrote:
> >
> >> Run cmd.exe as administrator, then vssadmin list writers command. Do
> >> you
> >> see any error on the screen? Run vssadmin list shadowstorage. Do you
> >> find allocated storage space assigned to your partition?
> >
> >
> > The response was " no items found that satisfy the query"
>
>
> Hm. Turn off System Restore on C:, then turn it on again. It will force
> allocating a space for Shadow Copy storage area on this partition. Then
> create one restore point and rerun those vssadmin commands. There must
> be no error from any writer.
>
> Take a look into Event Viewer, maybe there are registered errors from
> VSS or volsnap.
> --
> M. [Windows - Shell/User MVP]
> /before private reply change px with pl in my e-mail address/
>
> It showed the allocated shadowcopy space,maximum space etc.
Looking at the event viewer, there are volsnap and vss errors logged. There
were 29 volsnap errors and 46 vss errors in the six weeks I've had Vista
installed.