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Tag: Windows

  • Windows Server Volume Shadow Copy not working

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    Symptom: On Windows Server 2003 (SBS, Standard, etc.), error 0x8004230f (“The shadow copy provider had an unexpected error”) occurs when running NTBackup and/or when the Volume Shadow Copy scheduled task(s) run. Cause: This error can occur If certain VSS DLLs are not registered properly, or if something is wrong with the VSS provider.  This issue…

  • Windows endless loop of CHKDSK

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    Symptom: You schedule a chkdsk before rebooting a Windows machine (can be Windows XP or any flavor of Server 2003, possibly others as well) it appears to run through the chkdsk successfully, then reboots again and continues the cycle, continuously running chkdsks on startup, but never getting up to Windows.  Sometimes the Windows splash screen…