How to troubleshoot Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service errors?
Macrium Reflect uses a Microsoft service called Volume Shadow copy Service to enable disk images to be created and files to be backed up when in use. When VSS fails it can sometimes mean that you are unable to create a disk image or backup open files with Macrium Reflect. In this tutorial I’ll take you through some troubleshooting steps to locate and fix VSS problems and enable your disk images and file backups to complete successfully. Please Note: Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service is a standard Windows service and not installed by Macrium Reflect. VSS has been included with every version of Windows since Windows XP SP1. Macrium Reflect cannot cause VSS to fail, it simply uses the service. Any failure is caused by other software or system configuration problems and will affect every program that uses VSS. What is VSS? VSS is a copy-on-write driver that intercepts disk writes before they actually happen. The current contents of the disk are written to a shadow copy buffer before the
