Automated System Recovery - Catastrophic failure

From: Caeanis (Caeanis_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/16/05

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    When I attempt to run the Automated System Recovery (ASR) wizard, I receive
    the following error message:

    The backup could not be completed due to an error.

    To see detailed information, click Report.

    When I click on the report button, I see this in the dialog box:

    Backup Status
    Operation: Backup
    Active backup destination: File
    Media name: "Backup.bkf created 7/14/2005 at 3:06 AM"

    Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:Catastrophic failure

    Aborting Backup.

    ----------------------

    The operation did not successfully complete.

    ----------------------

    I've tried searching KB and other resource but cannot find anything on this
    error. I also tried to test vrfydsk.exe at the command prompt. The message
    I receive is :

    Attempting to create shadow copy of
    \\?\Volume{b898a964-fea1-11d5-8c1c-806d61726
    96f}\.

    Shadow copy creation failed on
    \\?\Volume{b898a964-fea1-11d5-8c1c-806d6172696f}\
    .
    Unexpected error. (Error: 0xc0000005)

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