Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source

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Published on 2010-02-22T17:28:04Z Indexed on 2010/06/17 5:43 UTC
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The following error is preventing me from cloning a Windows 7 64bit computer.

Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754754 (0x80042302)

I'm using VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone Client 4.0.1. Any ideas on what might be causing this?

When I checked the services running, I noticed that the Volume Shadow Copy Service was set to manual. So I started the service and switched it to automatic. It still didn't work after that.

I checked the event logs and I got the following errors:

Event ID: 22

Description: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: A critical component required by the Volume Shadow Copy service is not registered. This might happened if an error occurred during Windows setup or during installation of a Shadow Copy provider. The error returned from CoCreateInstance on class with CLSID {e579ab5f-1cc4-44b4-bed9-de0991ff0623} and Name IVssCoordinatorEx2 is [0x80040154, Class not registered

Event ID: 8193

Description: Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance. hr = 0x80040154, Class not registered

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