error code 0x80780119 not enough disk space to create shadow copy

I'm sorry I guess I should have been more clear, I thought the error code would explain it all. This is not a disk space or bad disk problem. I've tried to back up to several different media (Iomega Rev Drive, 2 seperate hard drives and my network server) and I have gotten the same error. All of the drives have over 500Gb of free space. I am doing the exact same thing on my wifes PC and have not encountered this problem. I'm using backup and restore with windows 7. Now if a just do a backup of files and folders it works fine. I only have the problem when I select create a system image. There are two ways to create a system image, one is by directly selecting that task on the backup and restore main page. The other way is when you select it as part of the scheduling procedure. Either way gives the same error.This is the whole error message.

"There is not enough space to create the volume shadow copy on the storage location.  Make sure that, for all volumes to be backup up, the minimum required disk space for shadow copy creation is available.  This applies to both the back up storage destination and volumes included in the back up.  Minimum requirement:  For volumes less than 500 megabytes, the minimum is 50 megabytes of free space.  For volumes more than 500 megabytes, the minimum is 320 megabytes of free space.  Recommended:  At least 1 gigabyte of free disk space on each volume if volume size is more than 1 gigabyte (0x80780119)"

Hi Paul,

Welcome to Microsoft Answers!

Where are you trying to take a backup?

Method 1:

You may check if you have enough disk space in the disk management.

1.      Click Start

2.      Right Click on Computer

3.      Choose Manage

4.      Click on Disk Management

Check if there is enough space in the disk for a complete PC backup.

Method 2:

You may try running a check disk and see if that helps.

1.      Open Computer by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Computer.

2.      Right-click the drive that you want to check, and then click Properties.

3.      Click the Tools tab, and then, under Error-checking, click Check now.

 If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

To automatically repair problems with files and folders that the scan detects, select ‘Automatically fix file system errors’. Otherwise, the disk check will report problems but not fix them.

To perform a thorough check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the drive itself, and it can take much longer to complete.

To check for both file errors and physical errors, select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.

4.      Click Start.

Depending on the size of your drive, this might take several minutes. For best results, don't use your computer for any other tasks while it is checking for errors.

For more details follow the link.

Check a drive for errors

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Check-a-drive-for-errors

Also refer to the below mentioned links which talk about the same issue.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7performance/thread/e3d30717-5e1a-47ad-a774-efe2afa59b7c

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/fce6950d-c06d-4dd0-a850-67022db4fe04/

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/894f0901-811d-4270-955e-2962c2a4bc4d

Hope this information is useful.

Amrita M

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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