Windows 7 backup error "shadow copy could not be created"

**Aarav** · 31-07-2010

I am having one issue with which i need to resolve. Actually i am trying to take the back of my computer into the USB external drive but whenever i am trying to do the same i am not getting it work because it is throwing error:

Code:

A shadow copy could not be created. Please check "VSS" and "SPP" application event logs for more information. The specified object was not found. Error code: 0x81000019

Hope to get the solution from here.

**Lillebror** · 31-07-2010

I have gone through the detail of yours and let me tell you that you have to take the below given which will resolve the issue of yours. So just follow the same and see whether it is working or not.

Click on Start
Right click on computer
Then click Properties
Click on System Protection
Click on D drive
Click Configure
Click delete all restore points

**jesse** · 31-07-2010

It can be possible that the partition of the drives of your system might got corrupted and that is why not performing the back up on the external drive. I will advise you to run the diskclean which will run on the partition of your drive and will find the corruption on the same and correct the same. So trey this out and work with the same.

**Devasis** · 31-07-2010

If your problem is not resolve then i think that there might be possibility that the Volume Shadow Copy service and SPP services is not active. So activate the same and might be you are able to get it work. just follow the same.

Click on Start
Click on Control Panel
Click on Administrative Tools
Click on System and Maintenance
Click on Double-click Services.
Enable the SPP service
Enable Volume Shadow Copy service
Click the Startup type list
Click Automatic
Click Apply.
Click Start Under Service status

**Solomon** · 02-08-2010

Even i am having some advise which i think can help you to get rid of the issue which you are going through so if you can then try the below given things and see whether it is working for you not. I hope this will work for you.