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I've been unable to backup my hard drive and I've been trying trying recommendations off of Google for quite a while, to no avail. When I try to backup files, I get the following error message:

The backup did not complete successfully. A shadow copy could not be created for the following reason: The specified object was not found. (0x80042308)

I tried to do this solution but in the second step there, when I right click on "Shared Folders" there is no "All Tasks" to choose:

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  • Any reason not to use far superior 3rd party backup solutions?
    – Karan
    Dec 4, 2012 at 22:06
  • @Karan: I thought it was a better idea to use the original windows which is installed on my laptop for a long time.
    – Gigili
    Dec 5, 2012 at 7:44
  • Use Windows, just don't use Windows Backup!
    – Karan
    Dec 5, 2012 at 16:57
  • @Karan: That's a good idea! Unfortunately it doesn't let me use recovery options unless I use Windows backup.
    – Gigili
    Dec 5, 2012 at 18:28
  • I don't understand. You mean to say you cannot restore the data if you back it up using a 3rd party backup solution? Why not?
    – Karan
    Dec 5, 2012 at 21:41

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