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Hi everyone,Im a complete newbie to all of this so please be gentle! Ive got a quite old Dell optiplex 620 with win 7 x 64.When I try to back up to a usb 800GB hard drive,I get the Shadow copy not created check VSS and SPP message,Ive checked these and there on automatic delayed.Having looked around the internet for a solution Ive been guided to the Disk management/partition side of things.If I go into disk management I get System reserved 63Mb and C 465.70Gb.It seems like my system reserved is too small and should be 100Mb or more.Could this be my problem and if so how do I enlarge it? Many thanks Mrs.Doyle.

(12-11-2017, 05:00 PM)Partha Wrote: [ -> ]What exactly are you looking to back up?

Thanks for your reply,I think its files and folders,or whatever is expected when someone says "Make sure you do a backup"

(12-11-2017, 06:51 PM)Partha Wrote: [ -> ]Well, the expectation usually is to back up all the personal files because if anything goes wrong, the personal files will be safe

Yes those files and anything I would need if the hard drive died on me! What should I do? Thanks.

(12-11-2017, 09:35 PM)Partha Wrote: [ -> ]I would advise that you refer to the linked article below; it's pretty self-explanatory but if you face any challenges, feel free to let us know

https://www.howtogeek.com/136522/geek-school-learning-windows-7-backup-and-recovery/

No,Ive tried all that and get to the point where I get the backup failed ,I get the Shadow copy not created check VSS and SPP message.

(12-12-2017, 06:34 AM)Partha Wrote: [ -> ]Please follow the steps as illustrated in the picture below, for all your drives; your system may have more than 2 drives or less


Link to the source

P.S. please do not touch the system reserved partition

Sadly,no difference,help!