have been using the backup utility very successfully up until the last two
nights and I have been having problems whereby the backk-up doesn't start but
hangs at the stage of 'Preparing to backup using Shadow Copy' then after a
while it comes up with the following report:

Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "C Drive 07-11-07.bkf created 07/11/2007 at 17:44"

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Timeout before function completed

Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy: 0xffffffff.

Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:ffffffff
Aborting Backup.

----------------------

The operation did not successfully complete.

----------------------

I backup up to an external hard drive and have not had any problems until
now. Can anyone help me please as to why this is happening.

Thanks

Judy

it's never a good idea to send a backup to the C: drive.
You could be running out of space for the backups

"JUDE" wrote:

> have been using the backup utility very successfully up until the last two
> nights and I have been having problems whereby the backk-up doesn't start but
> hangs at the stage of 'Preparing to backup using Shadow Copy' then after a
> while it comes up with the following report:
>
> Backup Status
> Operation: Backup
> Active backup destination: File
> Media name: "C Drive 07-11-07.bkf created 07/11/2007 at 17:44"
>
> Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
> Timeout before function completed
>
> Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy: 0xffffffff.
>
> Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:ffffffff
> Aborting Backup.
>
> ----------------------
>
> The operation did not successfully complete.
>
> ----------------------
>
> I backup up to an external hard drive and have not had any problems until
> now. Can anyone help me please as to why this is happening.
>
> Thanks
>
> Judy

I don't backup to the C:drive, I backup to an external drive as I mentioned.

It is the C:drive that I am trying to back up.

Jude

"sgopus" wrote:

> it's never a good idea to send a backup to the C: drive.
> You could be running out of space for the backups
>
> "JUDE" wrote:
>
> > have been using the backup utility very successfully up until the last two
> > nights and I have been having problems whereby the backk-up doesn't start but
> > hangs at the stage of 'Preparing to backup using Shadow Copy' then after a
> > while it comes up with the following report:
> >
> > Backup Status
> > Operation: Backup
> > Active backup destination: File
> > Media name: "C Drive 07-11-07.bkf created 07/11/2007 at 17:44"
> >
> > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
> > Timeout before function completed
> >
> > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy: 0xffffffff.
> >
> > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:ffffffff
> > Aborting Backup.
> >
> > ----------------------
> >
> > The operation did not successfully complete.
> >
> > ----------------------
> >
> > I backup up to an external hard drive and have not had any problems until
> > now. Can anyone help me please as to why this is happening.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Judy

Jude - Note the follwoing from your "error" report "...Media name: "C Drive
07-11-07.bkf created 07/11/2007 at 17:44"..."

Verify your backup settings have not changed and that backup location has
not changed to "C".


"JUDE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:16075B4E-A3C6-4794-9E8A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I don't backup to the C:drive, I backup to an external drive as I
>mentioned.
>
> It is the C:drive that I am trying to back up.
>
> Jude
>
> "sgopus" wrote:
>
>> it's never a good idea to send a backup to the C: drive.
>> You could be running out of space for the backups
>>
>> "JUDE" wrote:
>>
>> > have been using the backup utility very successfully up until the last
>> > two
>> > nights and I have been having problems whereby the backk-up doesn't
>> > start but
>> > hangs at the stage of 'Preparing to backup using Shadow Copy' then
>> > after a
>> > while it comes up with the following report:
>> >
>> > Backup Status
>> > Operation: Backup
>> > Active backup destination: File
>> > Media name: "C Drive 07-11-07.bkf created 07/11/2007 at 17:44"
>> >
>> > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
>> > Timeout before function completed
>> >
>> > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy: 0xffffffff.
>> >
>> > Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:ffffffff
>> > Aborting Backup.
>> >
>> > ----------------------
>> >
>> > The operation did not successfully complete.
>> >
>> > ----------------------
>> >
>> > I backup up to an external hard drive and have not had any problems
>> > until
>> > now. Can anyone help me please as to why this is happening.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Judy