I'm trying to backup to a 2 tb usb drive and get the beow error

Keith Shoemaker 20 Reputation points
2026-06-30T09:03:39.2+00:00

AddToSnapshotSet() failed. HRESULT = 0x8004230c (VSS_E_VOLUME_NOT_SUPPORTED)

After restarting the service and rebooting...

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Recovery and backup
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DYARI BARHAM 37,661 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-06-30T09:41:29.7966667+00:00

Hi ,

I'm Dyari. Thanks for reaching out.

Open This PC > Right-click your 2 TB USB drive > Properties > Look at File System. If it says exFAT or FAT32, you need to format it to NTFS. Formatting will erase everything on the USB drive. Move any important files off the drive first, then right-click it, choose Format, select NTFS, and click Start.

Also, make sure you have enough space in that USB drive.

Please keep me posted.

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