The creation of a shadow copy has timed out.

**Peter Afonin**

Thanks, but this probably won't solve the bigger problem.

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
...
You can also run chkdsk another way, which unfortunately will probably
fail
the same way, since it's most likely the same under the skin. I just ran
it that way on the laptop this lunch hour...

Right click on your drive, chose Properties, Tools, and Check Drive for
Errors. Check the boxes you want and accept that it will do it on the next
boot.

On Fri, 8 May 2009 10:53:18 -0700, Peter Afonin wrote:

Nothing worked, unfortunately.

I'm starting to think that perhaps the shadow copy is not an issue,
something else is going on with my hard drive. For instance, when I try
to
schedule the chkdsk to run after reboot, my PC often (but not always)
freezes right after I type chkdsk /r and hit Enter.

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
...
Gene hangs head in shame...

Just kidding, obviously. Sorry it didn't help.

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:47:20 -0700, Peter Afonin wrote:

Thanks, Gene, but I have more than enough free space.

Peter

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:19:42 -0700, Peter Afonin wrote:

Hello,

I'm running Vista Ultimate 32 bit.

Recently I started having a strange problem with the backup. If I run
a
backup (either native Vista backup or the third party, like Acronis),
the
PC
freezes almost immediately, and stays this way, so I have to manually
restart it. The Vista native backup gives me this message:
The creation of a shadow copy has timed out.

The strange things about this a

1. Everything worked fine for over a year, I don't know what
triggered
this
change;

2. This happens only if the backup runs on schedule, I still can
backup
manually without any problems;

3. There are absolutely no records about this in the Even Viewer,
like
backup had never run.

I would appreciate any help on this.

Thank you,

Peter

I'll take a guess: you don't have enough free space on your hard drive
for
shadow copy.

Since that is a guess, let's hope it triggers someone to corroborate
my
reply, or come up with the right answer if I'm wrong.

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