0x8004230F

[davel]

Cannot back-up files onto Seagate external drive, error shown is "Cannot make shadow copy fault 0x8004230F

 

 

 

Operating system:Windows Vista Home Basic (32 bit) Service Pack 2

System root: C:\Windows

Available physical memory: 2037 MB

CPU: Intel® Celeron® M CPU 430 @ 1.73GHz

Drive Info:

C: 31.89 GB

D: 465.76 GB

Internet Explorer: 9.0

[xilolee]

Hi davel!
1) Open an elevated command prompt, type powershell, press enter
2) Copy/paste the following command and press enter

get-service -include "dcomlaunch", "mmcss", "plugplay", "rpcss", "vss" | select-object displayname, name, status | sort-object name | format-table -auto

I obtain this

DisplayName                  Name        Status
-----------                  ----        ------
DCOM Server Process Launcher DcomLaunch Running
Multimedia Class Scheduler   MMCSS      Running
Plug and Play                PlugPlay   Running
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)  RpcSs      Running
Volume Shadow Copy           VSS        Stopped

You should have the same results.
If this is not the case:
3) press Windows key + R key on your keyboard (Windows + R), it opens the run window, type services.msc, press enter, find those services and change their properties: startup type = automatic
(vss should be manual, but you can try to change it to automatic)
4) restart the pc and re-try your backup procedure

Looking forward for your kind feedback.