VSS: Can't read volume data

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  1. Anderson2

    Anderson2 Registered Member

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    Hi. I am running Paragon Backup & Recovery™, version 10, build 9105 (18.11.09 ) Free Edition in Windows 7 64 bit. I backup to a USB external HD. It has worked fine (both to backup and restore) till today. When I tried to backup today, it could not finish the backup. The log says:
    "Backup [virtual] succeeded"
    but
    "Backup [committed] failed
    VSS: Can't read volume data"

    Not sure what VSS is. I checked the external hard drive and it was fine.

    What should I do? Thanks.
     
  2. Anderson2

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    Re: VSS: Can't read volume data: error code 0x 12016

    I upgraded to version 10.2 free edition after uninstalling the previous version.

    Still get the same error and backup fails with Error Code 0x 12016 .

    "Backup [virtual] succeeded

    Backup [committed] failed
    VSS: Can't read volume data
    Error code 0x 12016"
     
  3. Anderson2

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    Add'l info.

    1. had Windows 7 check the partition I am trying to backup at bootup. Problem persists
    2. I deleted C:\archiv_db and let Paragon recreate it. - Problem persists
    3. Changed from VSS to Paragon's hot processing:
    Problem persists: during the backup got
    Error source: Hard disk manager
    Error code 0x 12016
    4. Had windows copy the entire partition in question to a different folder. Windows had no problem copying all the files.
    5. Searched for "12016" in forum and found nothing except my question.

    Does anyone have any ideas.
     
  4. SIW2

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    That indicates a problem with the drive - may be bad blocks.

    Your drive manufacturer website will probably have tools to check and hopefully fix their drives


    Hope it helps
     
  5. Anderson2

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    That is what I thought too but the HD checks out fine. I decided to download Macrium Reflect and it backed up the same partition with no problems. So did the free Acronis backup. So I think this has to do with Paragon not the HD.
     
  6. Mech_An

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    Dear Anderson2,

    Please run CHKDSK with /f key enabled to find and fix errors in file system of all partitions (including USB-drive).
    Please check if CHKDSK reports any errors.

    If CHKDSK reports no errors, please try to re-install Paragon Backup & Recovery. (Please use system built-in tool to uninstall the program, restart your PC, install the program again and restart your PC one more time)
     
  7. Anderson2

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    You were absolutely correct. The hard drive is bad and even though Windows chkdsk did not find any bad clusters (!), I ran the HD's self test tool and the HD is bad. I contacted the laptop manufacturer and they are sending me a new one.
    Problems:
    1) I had partitioned the 500 GB HD into a system partition and a data partition (in addition to the Recovery partition the manufacturer put on it). How do I recreate these partitions on the new HD? Will Paragon Backup 10.2 free automatically recreate the partitions or do I need to recreate them before I restore?
    2) The newly installed version of Paragon Backup free (version 10.2) does not see the backups created by the earlier version (I think it was 10.1). What do I do?
    Thank you for any help you can provide.
     
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  9. Anderson2

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    Thank you.
     
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