Backup keeps failing : Error 0x81000033

Anonymous
2010-02-05T02:01:36+00:00

I keep getting the error: 0x81000033 when I try do run backup.

I have tried various backup devices all with ample disc space.

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Anonymous
2010-02-05T23:17:21+00:00

Hi,

If you have any security software installed on the computer it would take longer for the backup center to backup files. Try to disable security software and try to take a backup and verify.

If that works fine later enable the security software.

Follow the link for more information

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Disable-antivirus-software

You may also run disk cleanup utility and check if that helps.

Start Disk Cleanup

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-Disk-Cleanup

Also try to run a Check disk for the hard drive.

To run Check disk

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

2.       Right-click the hard disk 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 are 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 simply report problems but not fix them.

To perform a thorough disk check, select Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. This scan attempts to find and repair physical errors on the hard disk 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 upon the size of your hard disk, this may take several minutes. For best results, don't use your computer for any other tasks while it's checking for errors.

For information follow the link

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

After you perform a check disk try running the backup process and check if that helps

Hope this information is helpful.

Amrita M

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-02-15T10:19:38+00:00

    I also had this error, what you have to do is partition your hard drive, and then format the partition to exFAT, then backup to this partition, this worked for me.   I think you can only have 4 partitions on the hard drive,

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-08T12:02:27+00:00

    I keep getting the error: 0x81000033 when I try do run backup.

    I have tried various backup devices all with ample disc space.

    I also had the same problem but I found a quick fix. Not being a computer geek I looked for answers on this forum. Some answers were far beyond my limitations, but please try this it worked for me. Where you assign the backup location you'll notice a option at the bottom of the window that asks ( do you want to make a copy to the hard drive ) just say NO, take out the existing check mark and except the changes (apply). Now try the your back again. Hope this works for you as well as it did for my.

    Good Luck, Ken

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-08-21T20:17:32+00:00

    The real solution is described in http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsbackup/thread/624aef35-b27f-4e78-9fed-3beb24442457:

    "Deleting the USN journal on the volume solved the issue. Here are the steps (assuming the 100mb partition is F:)

    1. Launch cmd --> run as admin
    2. fsutil usn queryjournal F: 

        The output will be USN journal settings which also includes its size (in hex bytes). If it is anything around 30mb, the backup will fail due to snapshot creation failure because of lack of space.

    1. fsutil usn deletejournal /D F:

        This will delete the journal. Retry backup."

    Thanks for this fix, was running out of options.

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