Error 0x81000019 when you do a backup on Windows 7

Symptom:

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When you do a backup you get an error 0x81000019, the message is:

"A shadow copy could not be created. Please check the 'VSS' and 'SPP' application event logs for more information. Details: Insufficient storage available to create either the shadow copy storage file or other shadow copy data. "

Cause:

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Backup process involves the system writer that reports files in the important applications installed on the machine. In the case where a large number of language packs is installed, the metadata file reported by this writer becomes huge in size and hence does not fit the 100 MB volume. This causes backup to fail since there is not enough space for the shadowcopy creation. Please note that this symptom is not directly observable since this metadata file is created during backup and deleted at the end.

Solution:

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Uninstall unwanted/unused language packs by running Lpksetup command in a command window.

Reference:

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/fce6950d-c06d-4dd0-a850-67022db4fe04

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/ace0faac-a0af-4740-a331-2b14d604a846

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproperf/thread/25deba76-464b-4a9d-9b32-a283bb6a88ce

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproappcompat/thread/5687cc9c-c417-41e8-ab9f-838e154b8a15/

https://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7performance/thread/62a10349-57eb-474d-b25f-f937f4aac519\#2ec4c29f-ea1c-45d4-abb2- c781576c0d8d

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    @muneer, you can post your question to the technet forum. social.technet.microsoft.com/.../categories

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2011
    still the issue, and i dont have more lang package, any other options??

  • Anonymous
    July 22, 2011
    wonderful their only solution is completly wrong!

  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2011
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    September 28, 2011
    This is not a fix for this Error 0x81000019, I have no language packs installed, what next?? I am seeing that more and more are getting this error, so you, Microsoft have done something, undo it, and undo it fast......

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2011
    same here, i have no language packs installed. :(

  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2012
    Same problem and no language packs as well

  • Anonymous
    February 26, 2012
    Also have the problem and no language packs...now what!!!

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2012
    me 2 =(

  • Anonymous
    June 19, 2012
    same here =(

  • Anonymous
    June 28, 2012
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2012
    I got this problem after formatting the partition that win7 was using to back up to. there was a system restore directory and a few other things. But backup won't remake those directories and the backup fails. which is bad coding. you can't make a new directory? I'd make it myself but I don't remember the specifics. (I formatted because win8 user preview left a bootloader there. Also never upgrade to win8. Worst OS I ever saw)

  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2013
    I am getting same error; any progress with solution please?

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2014
    Still no solutions?

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2014
    Same error, for 4 months now. Should change operating system!

  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2014
    Our team member are fix all type error and complete solution of your problem. Go through this url.
    http://windows7support.blogspot.in/2012/08/fix-windows-7-error-1068.html
    Thank you
    Aalia lyon

  • Anonymous
    May 31, 2014
    Also have the problem and no language packs, let's know how to fix it in right-way.

  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2014
    Still no solution! *** MS support!

  • Anonymous
    February 05, 2015
    window 7 onarımi yapamıyor türkçe

  • Anonymous
    February 05, 2015
    türkçe

  • Anonymous
    August 02, 2015
    Check:
    https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht081184